# Windows Favorites Folders Question

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-favorites-folders-question/652913
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 14, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-favorites-folders-question/652913 "2013-03-14T13:35:52Z")
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### Author: ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-favorites-folders-question/652913/1 "2013-03-14T13:35:52Z")

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I’m wanting to sort my growing collection of websites into my Favorites folders, so I click on Start\<Documents\<Favorites(star icon) as I’ve done in the past to sort through them. The screen is C:\Documents and Settings…\My Documents\Favorites.

When I click on the Favorites at the top of my **Windows screen** , it displays all of my current Favorites including about 5 main folders. However, when I click on Favorites as above, it displays only one of my Favorites folders and it’s a subfolder, not even one of the main folders, along with a Links folder.

Why doesn’t the Favorites per above process match the Favorites in my Windows tab?

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### Author: ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-favorites-folders-question/652913/2 "2013-03-14T14:07:58Z")

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Windows keeps up with Favorites the same way it keeps up with your Start Menu: There are the things that are your Favorites, linked to your user name, and the things that are everyone’s Favorites, which are in a different place so everyone can see them.

What version of Windows are you using?

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### Author: ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-favorites-folders-question/652913/3 "2013-03-14T14:20:01Z")

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XP

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### Author: ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-favorites-folders-question/652913/4 "2013-03-14T14:24:20Z")

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I think in the past I’ve right-clicked on the Windows Favorites folder, selected Open, and sorted there.

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### Author: ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-favorites-folders-question/652913/5 "2013-03-16T17:54:00Z")

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Is [this](http://www.itechtalk.com/thread1599.html) of any help at all?