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bklyn1028
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_ 		10. April 2011 @ 15:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Got a "windows restore" malware last night. Malewarebytes cleaned it, but i lost my desktop, icons and favorites. Cleaned again, but the same. So, I restored back a day, and all is fine, however, my favorites are gone. I created one favorite, but the next day it is gone. My favorite folder is intact C:\users\joe\favorites. I tried to import, but get an error "not a bookmark file".
I tried upgrading to IE 8, but same thing.
Any thoughts? I would hate to reinstall Windows. Oh, this is vista home premium, and IE7
thanks
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ddp
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_ 		10. April 2011 @ 21:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try restore back a week or so.
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JimGeek
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_ 		11. April 2011 @ 09:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You should create backup of your data.
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bklyn1028
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_ 		11. April 2011 @ 13:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by JimGeek:
 You should create backup of your data.
There is nothing wrong with my data. Everything is still intact, in fact the favorites folder is still where it always was, it is just IE isn't accessing it.
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garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
bklyn1028
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_ 		11. April 2011 @ 13:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 try restore back a week or so.
I did, still the same.
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garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
ddp
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_ 		11. April 2011 @ 15:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
copy the favorites folder to another location, delete the old favorites folder then copy the relocated favorites to the deleted favorites location.
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bklyn1028
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_ 		11. April 2011 @ 16:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 copy the favorites folder to another location, delete the old favorites folder then copy the relocated favorites to the deleted favorites location.
I'll give that a shot. If that doesn't work I'll got to Internet options and reset IE. I'll let you know what happened.
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garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
bklyn1028
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_ 		12. April 2011 @ 13:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nothing is working. It's funny, when I tried to move or copy it, I get a mesasge "The folder does not exist anymore, yet there it is! No biggie, what I am doing is clicking on each website in the favorites folder, opeing the web page, and re-adding it to favorites. Pain in the ass, but it's only about 30 or so.
Thanks
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ddp
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_ 		12. April 2011 @ 15:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have you tried doing it thru safemode?
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bklyn1028
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_ 		13. April 2011 @ 11:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, but what worked was opening every one individually and re-adding them to favorites one at a time. But.........ta da a new issue. For the life of me, I cannot download wallpaper from the net. I can take any picture I have, right click and select as background. But when I try to do that from the net, it says "access denied". I added myself (Joseph instead of Joe) with admin privilages as a new user and everything works fine. I put in my vista disc, clicked repairs, and it said everything was fine.
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garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
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