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Old November 12th 06, 02:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
DL
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Default Corrupt Favorite urls

Resolution 4 worked for me
TY

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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C:\Documents and Settings\your_user_name)\Favorites and delete them.


The Windows limit is 255 characters.

You Cannot Delete a File or a Folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
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IE6 on Win2k
Allready tried this method
There are no virus/malaware the url's are corrupt (8 of them)
ie When viewed in IE the url instead of being a short name, comprises

some
200 charactors (30 words) and as such I beleive exceeds the win/IE limit
I'd copy and paste if I could, but I cannot even do that with them.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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"DL" address@invalid wrote in message
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How do you either delete the complete Favorites Folder, or specific
URLs
These urls are corrupt, I cannot rename/delete/access properties.
I've tried via cmd.exe

IE version?
Windows version?

Assuming IE6 on WinXP:
Close IE.
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to




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