Windows 7 – Fixing Favorites Not Adding to Windows Explorer

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I am attempting to add several locations on my disk to my "Favorites" in Windows Explorer. I have used this feature in the 64bit version of Windows 7 without a problem, but it does not seem to work in this install. Here is my methodology so far.

  1. Go to a location in Windows Explorer "C:\users\Benjamin"
  2. Right click on the "favorites" in the left hand folder navigation window and select "Add current location to Favorites"

It does not fire an error, but the location does not appear under favorites. What might be happening here to prevent "favorites" from populating?

Best Answer

The way I did it was to:

  • Navigate to C:\Users\<user>\Links
  • Create shortcuts in there

They appear to be sorted by last-modified in the Favorites list.

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