Greetings to all...

When I launch MY Computer, the navigation pane on the left "USED TO"
display a Favorites List. It has now disappeared! When I right click on
the pane and select, "Restore Default Favorite Links" nothing happens.
Also, when I try to drag and drop and "create shortcut here" nothing
happens. The pane is listed as EMPTY.

The My Favorite Links folder is still on my C: drive with all my
favorite shortcuts in it.

... Has anyone else run into this little Vista annoyance and
found a solution?

Thanks!

DDC.


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asawriter

Greetings, Shawn!

Thanks for getting back to me. Much Appreciated. The unhide thing
didn't work. I'm trying the sfc thing now...

Have a great day!

DDC.


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asawriter

DDC,

Did all go well?


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Greetings, Brink...

I Hope all is well…
Thank You for contacting me. Okay. I Hope you have a few moments, and I
Hope that this post at the very least, puts a smile on your face. Here’s
what is going on with my Laptop, which I affectionately refer to as,
“Toshiba.” Toshiba is a Satellite A200 – AH5. I doubled her memory to
2038 MB, added an LG 20 inch monitor, a LaCie USB hard drive, a cordless
mouse and keyboard, and she feeds off a Belkin surge protector/power
regulator/battery back up which is plugged into a APC surge
protector/battery back up which is plugged into a grounded socket. I run
her on battery once a week, because I read the manual before I turned
her on for the first time. I also raised her up off of where she rests
to increase airflow, and ran HD tune for a while until I got to the
point where I can tell what temperature she’s at just by placing my hand
gently on her TouchPad. She’s never gone over 44, and she starts at 39.
(Actually, when she feels like she’s around 43 or 44, I place a fan next
to her and cool her off.
I’m running Vista Home Premium 32 bit NTFS, 3 Virtual Desktops on my
dual monitor system, and she’s happily networked with two other
computers via a Linksys router. Protection: Avast, Spyware terminator,
Windows Defender, Windows Firewall (The Future Shop Tech told me that I
didn’t need to use Zone Alarm because the Router has its own Firewall)
Maintenance: Bi-weekly: Ccleaner, Windows Advanced Care personal, Eusing
registry cleaner, Auslogics Defrag and Registry Defrag, and Spyware
terminator once a day.
I log when I install add-ons or programs. I use seven browsers: IE8
beta in 7 mode (default), Firefox, Opera, Maxthon, Sea Monkey, Slim
Browser, and Safari (they all have their strengths and weaknesses), Feed
Demon (12 Subscriptions – all computer related) Speech recognition,
(saves mouse clicks – great for launching stuff – not bad at dictation)
One note, Outlook, Sidebar (even running 8 – 12 programs never seen her
go over 60ish% memory usage.) Rocket Dock, and POP Peeper, and I love
snooping around on CNET. 2 GB ThumbDrive with portable apps.
When I cold boot, even with doubling the memory, she boots into Basic?
When I warm re-boot she delivers Aero? IE8 in 7 mode tells me that
protected mode is off so I internet options and hit set to default and
am prompted to restart IE so I do and guess what… You guessed it. My
Solution. Reset to default. Darn. Still the same. Solution. View –
Status bar – “OFF”
I installed an add on called Trailfire to assist and organize
researching for my blog, (maybe that’s the culprit for no favorite links
in navigation pane) Temporary Solution – Organize – Layout – Navigation
Pane – OFF! I run Vista’s monthly back up, and I park my stuff on my
Skydrive/ADrive. USER ACCOUNT CONTROL – OOOFFFFFFFFFFFFF! Maybe that’s
why IE8 in 7 mode won’t run in protected mode? Read about a hack to add
non-Microsoft programs – Hmmm – too complicated – UAC - OFF you go. Now
Toshiba is staying on 24/7 365 unless I absolutely have to reboot – you
guessed it – TWICE????
To wrap up and answer your question – No, sir. The stuff suggested did
not work. Someday I’ll get p.o. and reformat. Start from scratch… Unless
of course, there’s someone on this forum worth his or her weight in gold
that will have pity on me and share a few secrets. I am not really
comfortable digging around in the registry, however, I’ll do it to get
my navigation pane back, my status bar back, be able to boot into Aero
on the first try, turn the Laptop monitor off when I’m writing on the LG
20. (You know – to preserve the laptop display’s life) If I do that now,
when I switch back into dual mode it changes to Basic and I have to -
??. Why bother, you say? I like Aero and its faster than basic… SO… Dear
sweet computer maniacs! With a healthy combination of fear and respect…
What exactly is Toshiba up to? Perhaps the answer is very simple – maybe
I should have named her, “Bill.”

Have a good one,

DDC.


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asawriter

LOL DDC,

That is great. It sounds like you take good care of Toshiba.


_For_*Favorite_Links*_section:_
I found that if you had try to change the shortcut arrow overlay with a
program not designed for Vista, then it can cause this section to be
blank. Use this program in this tutorial below to restore the shortcut
arrow, then you can use it to do what you want afterwards.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...cut-arrow.html


_IE8_*Protected_Mode*_OFF:_
Turning off UAC caused this one. You will need to turn UAC back on to
enable Protected Mode again. An alternative is to elevate the
administrator accounts so they are not bothered by UAC with UAC still
on. You can see how in this tutorial.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80...ege-level.html


_WINDOWS_AERO:_
Not sure about this one. Make sure that your WEI score is refreshed.

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Shortcuts in Navigation Pane - HAVE RETURNED

IE8 in Protected Mode - HAS RETURNED

UAC back on - AND BEHAVING


(1) Turned monitor two off
(2) Detached it from Laptop
(3) Cold RebootUpdated WEINo change
(4) Windows UpdateInstalled update for 945 ChipsetShutdown
(5) Attached Monitor 2Cold BootConfigure Monitor twoShutdown
(6) Sat and prayed for a Moment - COULD THIS ALL BE TRUE???
(7) Turned on computer

It booted into Aero! Wow.

Tweak Now Win Secret the culprit for the navigation pane dilemma...

The price...

This program called MultiMon TaskBar won't function properly now...

CtrlAltLeft/Right Arrow key would throw maximized windows back and
forth. COOL!

UninstalleddownloadreinstallNOPE?? Oh, well. Substitutions?

ANYWAY

Shawn and Brink. As far as I am concerned YOU two have earned your HERO
badges for the day!

Thank You very much!

Vista Forums, ROCKS! Have a great weekend.

DDC.


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asawriter

DDC,

That is great news. I'm glad to hear it.

You can see if using *Run as adminstrator* with MulitMon Taskbar will
help it.


LOL, I know I have split personalities sometimes, but I'm just one
multi-tasking person.

Shawn Brink


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Hey!

Shawn of the Brink! I Hope all is well...

I will most certainly try that....

Thanks again!

You know, there was something else I wanted to ask you, however, I'm in
the process of learning the, "Patience is a Virtue" thing.

I'm going to leave Toshiba alone for the evening...

DDC.

p.s. I'll more than likely run out of patience tomorrow:sarc:


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asawriter

Greetings, Shawn of the Brink!

I Hope all is well...

I have managed to get MultiMon taskbar program to work on Vista; Aero
enabled.

- StartControl PanelPersonalizeDisplay SettingsAdvanced
SettingsIntel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for MobileGraphics
PropertiesHot Keys*Disable* Hot keys
- Right-Click MultiMon iconPropertiesCompatibilty*Run this Program
as an Administrator**SUCCESS*! The Intel Graphics Accelerator with Hot Keys Enabled took
priority, (Ctrl+Alt+Right/Left Arrow rotated the active program 90
degrees, instead of the desired effect.) Running the program as you
suggested, as an administrator, has finally made this wonderful little
program behave, even though the mouse option doesn't appear next to the
minimize button, even when running the program in XP compatibility mode.
According to the Software writer, the icon version of the short cut key
option doesn't work in Vista Aero... WHO CARES!!!

Bottom Line, being able to throw active, and MAXIMIZED windows back and
forth between monitors with a shortcut key is SO handy, it's hard to put
it into words! Well, it isn't hard, but I'd have to use colorful
metaphors...

In Addition, having windows minimize to their appopriate monitors is
also very handy...

Once again, THANK YOU for the "GOOD AS GOLD" advice!!! Shall I weigh
in and explain that my computer experience is now becuase of your kind
assitance, a joy instead of a wrestling match!!!!

DDC.


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asawriter

Your welcome DDC. I'm glad to hear that MultiMon is working again.

I hope your computer doesn't get you in another headlock any time soon.


Shawn


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