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How to make the "Links" folder not show up in IE's favorites

I keep my favorites hierarchy fairly flat, and I find the Links favorites folder pretty useless, so I hide it on every machine I use regularly.

For more information on how to do this: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=179599

Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:21 PM by kclemson
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Samin said:

I am Developer
# January 14, 2004 10:56 AM

Eric Wilson said:

Really? The first thing I do on any PC I will be using the internet on regularly is set up all my most used shortcuts in the Links folders. I find it to be a time saver and makes using IE easier and faster. Being able to switch between CNN, MSDN, and slashdot makes for some interesting reading.
# January 14, 2004 10:58 AM

KC Lemson said:

Yep :-) The way I access my most-used shortcuts is that I know the keyboard combination to get to them (as I've mentioned elsewhere in this blog, i'm a heavy keyboard user) By "fairly flat" I meant that I have one set of subfolders under favorites, but try to avoid any sub-subfolders.

For example, there's an article about troubleshooting outlook web access I refer people to all the time. To get to it in my favorites, I go Alt | F, K, T. This gets to my Favorites, the "KBs & Docs" folder, and "Troubleshooting OWA". But there are other online KBs/docs that are less commonly used, but still worth having in my favorites, and they are conveniently organized in the same folder as the tshooting OWA.

To each her own :-)
# January 14, 2004 11:15 AM

Mike Walsh said:

After I got far too many flat links in Links, I re-organized them.

I know have ca eight folders visible in the Links bar, most of which have sub-folders.

I get the main benefit of Links as I used it before - i.e. I can drag and drop an open Link directly to the Links section, but now I drag it to the appropriate folder.

This link is now naturally not within a sub-folder of that folder, but is still a member of a *short* list in that section. When the list(s) get too long it's easy to push them into a sub-folder of the same parent link.

I find it quicker and easier to access a folder/sub-folder/item from the Links bar than to open the Favorites column. Plus it's quicker to add new Links in sensible places (and then find them)

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
# January 15, 2004 2:22 AM

Chris Empey said:

I use the links folder for going back and forth while working on particular project. If I am updated a page on my site or researching a new product for work, I will put the link there where it is easily accessible. I use it for quick, temporary storage of links, not for a permanent holding spot for my favourites.
# January 15, 2004 5:59 AM

The Old New Thing said:

It's trying to auto-repair.
# June 30, 2004 10:01 AM
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