# IE and the reappearing Links folder

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-and-the-reappearing-links-folder/44151>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-and-the-reappearing-links-folder/44151 "2000-12-05T16:20:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-and-the-reappearing-links-folder/44151/1 "2000-12-05T16:20:13Z")

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In the favorites for IE v5.0, there is an empty folder called “Links.” I deleted it. It came back. No big deal, really, but it bugs my wife to no end.

Thinking I was clever, I renamed the folder. No dice. Back again. WTF? When I delete something 5 times, that means _I don’t want it there!_ Now I could understand if the folder was chock full of corporate sites and MS got paid to make it keep coming back, but it’s just an empty folder!

Or could it be another program that keeps putting that folder back? I’M LOOKING IN YOUR DIRECTION, REALPLAYER! I sure wouldn’t put it past that nefarious software to pull a trick that dirty. After all, it is the same program that asks you if you want it in your system tray on startup, then puts it there no matter what your answer. _sigh_

Any ideas, guys?

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**Author:** ![wooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wooba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wooba)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-and-the-reappearing-links-folder/44151/2 "2000-12-05T16:25:27Z")

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Try making it hidden in the properties…  
I seem to recall doing this on my home machine and it working…

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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-and-the-reappearing-links-folder/44151/3 "2000-12-05T16:28:45Z")

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Nice workaround. Thanks wooba.  
I’d still like to know what on Earth the purpose of this folder is, though. Anyone?