# Links Folder under MSIE Favorites - Go Away! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 31, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-folder-under-msie-favorites-go-away/145864 "2002-12-31T14:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phydeaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Phydeaux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phydeaux)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-folder-under-msie-favorites-go-away/145864/1 "2002-12-31T14:16:02Z")
Hello all - The last couple versions of MSIE browsers I have installed add a Links folder under the Favorites list. I erase it - it comes back the next time I reboot. I erase - it comes back. I tried moving it so it would sit as a subfolder under another. No luck. Links came back on the main list (shows when you click the Favorites menu). There’s nothing in it. I erase it - it comes back. Does anyone else have the problem? Moreover - does anyone know how to get rid of it? (For good!) 😕 Thanks - ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-folder-under-msie-favorites-go-away/145864/2 "2002-12-31T14:34:34Z")
While I can’t tell you how to get rid of it, I can confirm that it’s not just something weird about your PC. I’ve seen the same thing, at least since IE 5.x, and now in 6.x. For reasons unknown (to me, at least), they _really, really_ want you to have a “Links” folder on that list! ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-folder-under-msie-favorites-go-away/145864/3 "2002-12-31T14:46:30Z")
I have noticed this but I guess it doesn’t bother me all that much. > [@](#): > > [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q179599](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q179599) > Although the Links folder cannot be deleted, the properties of the Links folder can be set to Hidden so that the folder is no longer displayed when you open the Favorites. > > To set the properties of the Links folder to Hidden: > Click Favorites on the toolbar. > Right-click the Links folder, and then click Properties. > Click to select the Hidden check box. > Click OK. > You can press F5 to refresh the file listing and the Links folder will no longer be displayed, although it will still be in the system and function normally. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-folder-under-msie-favorites-go-away/145864/4 "2002-12-31T14:51:50Z")
More info at [http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/550/](http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/550/) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-folder-under-msie-favorites-go-away/145864/5 "2002-12-31T17:33:49Z")
TweakUI also allows you to get rid of the Links folder. At least it used to. I downloaded it again recently and can’t find that feature now. Maybe if you found last year’s version of TweakUI. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-folder-under-msie-favorites-go-away/145864/6 "2002-12-31T18:19:15Z")
I used to look at that folder as a nuisance too, but I recently found out how useful it is. It controls what shortcuts appear on the Links toolbar. This is usually jammed in just to the right of the Go button on the Address bar. Try dragging it down a little so it has its own line (you may have to turn it on by right-clicking the toolbar, checking **Links** and unchecking **Lock the Toolbars** ). You can delete Microsoft’s default buttons and drag your own Favorites onto the bar. This allows you to access your most frequently-used pages with a single click. Even better, you can add folders to the bar. When you click one you get a cascading menu of its contents. This is a great way to organize different categories of links and get to them quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Maryellen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@Maryellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maryellen)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-folder-under-msie-favorites-go-away/145864/7 "2002-12-31T19:53:58Z")
Even cuter, you can change their default icons and use your own icons. Right now I have a row of Christmas icons on my Links toolbar. The SD has Santa’s face, Google is a Christmas wreath, etc. Sometimes the Simpson family dances across the top of my screen, sometimes flowers, scary pumpkins, whatever I feel like. What you CAN delete and keep deleted are the IE links that MS had already put inside the Links folder, so don’t keep those if you don’t want them.