# Can I change the way IE favorites are displayed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-way-ie-favorites-are-displayed/150719>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-way-ie-favorites-are-displayed/150719 "2003-01-24T21:25:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-way-ie-favorites-are-displayed/150719/1 "2003-01-24T21:25:18Z")

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My list of favorites is too long for the display in MS Internet Explorer, so now it scrolls. I don’t want to create new sub-folders. I recall on Netscape that instead of scrolling, the bookmarks were displayed as columns (until one gets too many columns, I suppose. Is there any way to get my favorites in IE to all display at once in columns, let’s say, without having to scroll?

Help much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![bcullman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bcullman/32/8207_2.png) [@bcullman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bcullman)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-way-ie-favorites-are-displayed/150719/2 "2003-01-24T23:55:26Z")

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Nope.

Internet Explorer has decided to deal with long lists one way, Netscape has decided to deal with long lists another way.

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-way-ie-favorites-are-displayed/150719/3 "2003-01-25T21:04:35Z")

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Your favorites are stored just like regular files in a folder somewhere on your hard drive. Search for a folder named “favorites”. Open that folder and you can display the icons within using any of the regular display options (list, small icons, etc.)

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-way-ie-favorites-are-displayed/150719/4 "2003-01-25T22:37:55Z")

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I’m not sure if [this](http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/r1018470885) will help much as the option doesn’t even appear on my version of IE, but give it a try.