IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8

[Jollymoon]

IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8 beta

in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the links

work.



Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.



Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into IE8,

no-go...



Why would IE8 Favorites not work?



Thanks for your help.

--

www.jollymoon.com

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

You installed & uninstalled IE8 Beta in Win7?



Are you (still) running Win7 Beta or Win7 RC?





Jollymoon wrote:

> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

> beta

> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

> links work.

>

> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

>

> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

> IE8,

> no-go...

>

> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

>

> Thanks for your help.

 

[Jollymoon]

I uninstalled IE8 regular out of Win7 Ultimate. I was having weird issues

with IE8 on displaying webpages, cache issues, cookies problems...etc. So I

thought a uninstall and reinstall of IE8 in Win7 would fix the issues.

NO...now all my favorites don't work...

--

www.jollymoon.com





"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:



> You installed & uninstalled IE8 Beta in Win7?

>

> Are you (still) running Win7 Beta or Win7 RC?

>

>

> Jollymoon wrote:

> > IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> > re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

> > beta

> > in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

> > links work.

> >

> > Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> > items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> > ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

> >

> > Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> > fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

> > IE8,

> > no-go...

> >

> > Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

> >

> > Thanks for your help.

>

> .

>

 

[Jollymoon]

I should say that about the same time I was trying to use an IE7 standalone

and also

IE Tester 4.2 That is when I first noticed the non working favorites...



I uninstalled both of these and no change...still no working links in

favorites.

--

www.jollymoon.com





"Jollymoon" wrote:



> I uninstalled IE8 regular out of Win7 Ultimate. I was having weird issues

> with IE8 on displaying webpages, cache issues, cookies problems...etc. So I

> thought a uninstall and reinstall of IE8 in Win7 would fix the issues.

> NO...now all my favorites don't work...

> --

> www.jollymoon.com

>

>

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

>

> > You installed & uninstalled IE8 Beta in Win7?

> >

> > Are you (still) running Win7 Beta or Win7 RC?

> >

> >

> > Jollymoon wrote:

> > > IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> > > re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

> > > beta

> > > in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

> > > links work.

> > >

> > > Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> > > items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> > > ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

> > >

> > > Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> > > fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

> > > IE8,

> > > no-go...

> > >

> > > Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

> > >

> > > Thanks for your help.

> >

> > .

> >

 

[Jollymoon]

sorry...the "beta" was from a cut and paste post Win7 Ultimate and IE8

PLEASE don't tell me I have to reinstall WIN7!

--

www.jollymoon.com





"Jollymoon" wrote:



> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8 beta

> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the links

> work.

>

> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

>

> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into IE8,

> no-go...

>

> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

>

> Thanks for your help.

> --

> www.jollymoon.com

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

There's a reason standalone versions of IE aren't supported in any Windows

version & you now know why. Wipe & reload.



Jollymoon wrote:

> I should say that about the same time I was trying to use an IE7

> standalone

> and also

> IE Tester 4.2 That is when I first noticed the non working favorites...

>

> I uninstalled both of these and no change...still no working links in

> favorites.

>

>> I uninstalled IE8 regular out of Win7 Ultimate. I was having weird

>> issues

>> with IE8 on displaying webpages, cache issues, cookies problems...etc.

>> So

>> I thought a uninstall and reinstall of IE8 in Win7 would fix the issues.

>> NO...now all my favorites don't work...

>> --

>> www.jollymoon.com

>>

>>

>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

>>

>>> You installed & uninstalled IE8 Beta in Win7?

>>>

>>> Are you (still) running Win7 Beta or Win7 RC?

>>>

>>>

>>> Jollymoon wrote:

>>>> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

>>>> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

>>>> beta

>>>> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

>>>> links work.

>>>>

>>>> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

>>>> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

>>>> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

>>>>

>>>> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

>>>> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

>>>> IE8,

>>>> no-go...

>>>>

>>>> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

>>>>

>>>> Thanks for your help.

>>>

>>> .

 

[Dan]

I think you will have to reinstall it. It sounds like you hosed IE

completely by removing IE8, and also by installing a "standalone" IE7 into

Windows 7. IE7 is not supported (meaning it does not work and will break

things) on Windows 7, and removing IE8 from Windows 7 is not supported

either. What made you think that either of these would be a good idea?



Dan





"Jollymoon" <Jollymoon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CC6C919C-CD3C-43CE-8621-A2D07946CF22@microsoft.com...

> sorry...the "beta" was from a cut and paste post Win7 Ultimate and IE8

> PLEASE don't tell me I have to reinstall WIN7!

> --

> www.jollymoon.com

>

>

> "Jollymoon" wrote:

>

>> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

>> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

>> beta

>> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

>> links

>> work.

>>

>> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

>> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

>> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

>>

>> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

>> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

>> IE8,

>> no-go...

>>

>> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

>>

>> Thanks for your help.

>> --

>> www.jollymoon.com

 

[Jollymoon]

The Idea was: I was trying to fix some minor issues that I thought a reload

of IE8 as a new copy would fix..."pages would not update when refresh button

was clicked" is what started it all...(turned out to be a cookie issue)



The standalones were supposedly "sandboxed". I suppose when you say "hosed"

you mean a complete reinstall of Win7?? Say it ain't so!!





--

www.jollymoon.com





"Dan" wrote:



> I think you will have to reinstall it. It sounds like you hosed IE

> completely by removing IE8, and also by installing a "standalone" IE7 into

> Windows 7. IE7 is not supported (meaning it does not work and will break

> things) on Windows 7, and removing IE8 from Windows 7 is not supported

> either. What made you think that either of these would be a good idea?

>

> Dan

>

>

> "Jollymoon" <Jollymoon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:CC6C919C-CD3C-43CE-8621-A2D07946CF22@microsoft.com...

> > sorry...the "beta" was from a cut and paste post Win7 Ultimate and IE8

> > PLEASE don't tell me I have to reinstall WIN7!

> > --

> > www.jollymoon.com

> >

> >

> > "Jollymoon" wrote:

> >

> >> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> >> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

> >> beta

> >> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

> >> links

> >> work.

> >>

> >> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> >> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> >> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

> >>

> >> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> >> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

> >> IE8,

> >> no-go...

> >>

> >> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

> >>

> >> Thanks for your help.

> >> --

> >> www.jollymoon.com

>

>

>

 

[Jollymoon]

You're no fun...



Wipe and reload means a complete reinstall of Win7??????



Say it ain't so!!

--

www.jollymoon.com





"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:



> There's a reason standalone versions of IE aren't supported in any Windows

> version & you now know why. Wipe & reload.

>

> Jollymoon wrote:

> > I should say that about the same time I was trying to use an IE7

> > standalone

> > and also

> > IE Tester 4.2 That is when I first noticed the non working favorites...

> >

> > I uninstalled both of these and no change...still no working links in

> > favorites.

> >

> >> I uninstalled IE8 regular out of Win7 Ultimate. I was having weird

> >> issues

> >> with IE8 on displaying webpages, cache issues, cookies problems...etc.

> >> So

> >> I thought a uninstall and reinstall of IE8 in Win7 would fix the issues.

> >> NO...now all my favorites don't work...

> >> --

> >> www.jollymoon.com

> >>

> >>

> >> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> >>

> >>> You installed & uninstalled IE8 Beta in Win7?

> >>>

> >>> Are you (still) running Win7 Beta or Win7 RC?

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Jollymoon wrote:

> >>>> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> >>>> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

> >>>> beta

> >>>> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

> >>>> links work.

> >>>>

> >>>> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> >>>> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> >>>> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

> >>>>

> >>>> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> >>>> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

> >>>> IE8,

> >>>> no-go...

> >>>>

> >>>> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

> >>>>

> >>>> Thanks for your help.

> >>>

> >>> .

>

> .

>

 

[Jollymoon]

Isn't there a "repair" of Win7 from the installation disk? Without a

complete erase and reinstall of Win7 to fix this IE8 problem???

--

www.jollymoon.com





"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:



> There's a reason standalone versions of IE aren't supported in any Windows

> version & you now know why. Wipe & reload.

>

> Jollymoon wrote:

> > I should say that about the same time I was trying to use an IE7

> > standalone

> > and also

> > IE Tester 4.2 That is when I first noticed the non working favorites...

> >

> > I uninstalled both of these and no change...still no working links in

> > favorites.

> >

> >> I uninstalled IE8 regular out of Win7 Ultimate. I was having weird

> >> issues

> >> with IE8 on displaying webpages, cache issues, cookies problems...etc.

> >> So

> >> I thought a uninstall and reinstall of IE8 in Win7 would fix the issues.

> >> NO...now all my favorites don't work...

> >> --

> >> www.jollymoon.com

> >>

> >>

> >> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> >>

> >>> You installed & uninstalled IE8 Beta in Win7?

> >>>

> >>> Are you (still) running Win7 Beta or Win7 RC?

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Jollymoon wrote:

> >>>> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> >>>> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

> >>>> beta

> >>>> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

> >>>> links work.

> >>>>

> >>>> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> >>>> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> >>>> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

> >>>>

> >>>> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> >>>> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

> >>>> IE8,

> >>>> no-go...

> >>>>

> >>>> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

> >>>>

> >>>> Thanks for your help.

> >>>

> >>> .

>

> .

>

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

I'd very much doubt that a Repair Install would fix this.



Jollymoon wrote:

> Isn't there a "repair" of Win7 from the installation disk? Without a

> complete erase and reinstall of Win7 to fix this IE8 problem???

>

>> There's a reason standalone versions of IE aren't supported in any

>> Windows

>> version & you now know why. Wipe & reload.

>>

>> Jollymoon wrote:

>>> I should say that about the same time I was trying to use an IE7

>>> standalone

>>> and also

>>> IE Tester 4.2 That is when I first noticed the non working favorites...

>>>

>>> I uninstalled both of these and no change...still no working links in

>>> favorites.

>>>

>>>> I uninstalled IE8 regular out of Win7 Ultimate. I was having weird

>>>> issues

>>>> with IE8 on displaying webpages, cache issues, cookies problems...etc.

>>>> So

>>>> I thought a uninstall and reinstall of IE8 in Win7 would fix the

>>>> issues.

>>>> NO...now all my favorites don't work...

>>>>

>>>>> You installed & uninstalled IE8 Beta in Win7?

>>>>>

>>>>> Are you (still) running Win7 Beta or Win7 RC?

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Jollymoon wrote:

>>>>>> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

>>>>>> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing

>>>>>> IE8

>>>>>> beta

>>>>>> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of

>>>>>> the

>>>>>> links work.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm

>>>>>> save..."some

>>>>>> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

>>>>>> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

>>>>>> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting

>>>>>> into

>>>>>> IE8,

>>>>>> no-go...

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

HOW TO do a clean install of Win7: See "Using the Custom installation option

and formatting the hard disk" section of

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-7#section_7





Jollymoon wrote:

> You're no fun...

>

> Wipe and reload means a complete reinstall of Win7??????

>

> Say it ain't so!!

>

>> There's a reason standalone versions of IE aren't supported in any

>> Windows

>> version & you now know why. Wipe & reload.

>>

>> Jollymoon wrote:

>>> I should say that about the same time I was trying to use an IE7

>>> standalone

>>> and also

>>> IE Tester 4.2 That is when I first noticed the non working favorites...

>>>

>>> I uninstalled both of these and no change...still no working links in

>>> favorites.

>>>

>>>> I uninstalled IE8 regular out of Win7 Ultimate. I was having weird

>>>> issues

>>>> with IE8 on displaying webpages, cache issues, cookies problems...etc.

>>>> So

>>>> I thought a uninstall and reinstall of IE8 in Win7 would fix the

>>>> issues.

>>>> NO...now all my favorites don't work...

>>>>

>>>>> You installed & uninstalled IE8 Beta in Win7?

>>>>>

>>>>> Are you (still) running Win7 Beta or Win7 RC?

>>>>>

>>>>>> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

>>>>>> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing

>>>>>> IE8

>>>>>> beta

>>>>>> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of

>>>>>> the

>>>>>> links work.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm

>>>>>> save..."some

>>>>>> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

>>>>>> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

>>>>>> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting

>>>>>> into

>>>>>> IE8,

>>>>>> no-go...

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Thanks for your help.

>>>>>

>>>>> .

>>

>> .

 

[Jollymoon]

Went ahead and did "repair" install of Win7...using all the defaults



FIXED the problem...all is well.



--

www.jollymoon.com





"Jollymoon" wrote:



> The Idea was: I was trying to fix some minor issues that I thought a reload

> of IE8 as a new copy would fix..."pages would not update when refresh button

> was clicked" is what started it all...(turned out to be a cookie issue)

>

> The standalones were supposedly "sandboxed". I suppose when you say "hosed"

> you mean a complete reinstall of Win7?? Say it ain't so!!

>

>

> --

> www.jollymoon.com

>

>

> "Dan" wrote:

>

> > I think you will have to reinstall it. It sounds like you hosed IE

> > completely by removing IE8, and also by installing a "standalone" IE7 into

> > Windows 7. IE7 is not supported (meaning it does not work and will break

> > things) on Windows 7, and removing IE8 from Windows 7 is not supported

> > either. What made you think that either of these would be a good idea?

> >

> > Dan

> >

> >

> > "Jollymoon" <Jollymoon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:CC6C919C-CD3C-43CE-8621-A2D07946CF22@microsoft.com...

> > > sorry...the "beta" was from a cut and paste post Win7 Ultimate and IE8

> > > PLEASE don't tell me I have to reinstall WIN7!

> > > --

> > > www.jollymoon.com

> > >

> > >

> > > "Jollymoon" wrote:

> > >

> > >> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> > >> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

> > >> beta

> > >> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

> > >> links

> > >> work.

> > >>

> > >> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> > >> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> > >> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

> > >>

> > >> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> > >> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

> > >> IE8,

> > >> no-go...

> > >>

> > >> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

> > >>

> > >> Thanks for your help.

> > >> --

> > >> www.jollymoon.com

> >

> >

> >

 

[Jollymoon]

The Problem Now is that my Win7 was a 64 bit installation and/or repair and

all the favorites work in IE8 Win7 64 bit.



BUT, now the 32bit IE8 (which is required for webpages to display FLASH

content) will not load the Favorites from IE8 Win 7 64...the titles of the

favorites are loaded in Win7 64 bit IE8 32bit, but NONE of the links

work...BIG pain...the browser works if you completely type in the URL

manually.



Help please....

--

www.jollymoon.com





"Jollymoon" wrote:



> Went ahead and did "repair" install of Win7...using all the defaults

>

> FIXED the problem...all is well.

>

> --

> www.jollymoon.com

>

>

> "Jollymoon" wrote:

>

> > The Idea was: I was trying to fix some minor issues that I thought a reload

> > of IE8 as a new copy would fix..."pages would not update when refresh button

> > was clicked" is what started it all...(turned out to be a cookie issue)

> >

> > The standalones were supposedly "sandboxed". I suppose when you say "hosed"

> > you mean a complete reinstall of Win7?? Say it ain't so!!

> >

> >

> > --

> > www.jollymoon.com

> >

> >

> > "Dan" wrote:

> >

> > > I think you will have to reinstall it. It sounds like you hosed IE

> > > completely by removing IE8, and also by installing a "standalone" IE7 into

> > > Windows 7. IE7 is not supported (meaning it does not work and will break

> > > things) on Windows 7, and removing IE8 from Windows 7 is not supported

> > > either. What made you think that either of these would be a good idea?

> > >

> > > Dan

> > >

> > >

> > > "Jollymoon" <Jollymoon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > > news:CC6C919C-CD3C-43CE-8621-A2D07946CF22@microsoft.com...

> > > > sorry...the "beta" was from a cut and paste post Win7 Ultimate and IE8

> > > > PLEASE don't tell me I have to reinstall WIN7!

> > > > --

> > > > www.jollymoon.com

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > "Jollymoon" wrote:

> > > >

> > > >> IE8 favorites not working in Win7 after an uninstall of IE8 and then

> > > >> re-install. Favorites will not open after installing then removing IE8

> > > >> beta

> > > >> in IE... The favorites appear as normal in the toolbar, but none of the

> > > >> links

> > > >> work.

> > > >>

> > > >> Import does not work either from previous IE8 bookmark.htm save..."some

> > > >> items not imported correctly" also, did IE8 default reset from TOOLS,

> > > >> ADVANCED, RESET and that did not work either.

> > > >>

> > > >> Import of bookmark.htm into CHROME , FIREFOX and OPERA worked just

> > > >> fine...even tried exporting from these browsers and then inporting into

> > > >> IE8,

> > > >> no-go...

> > > >>

> > > >> Why would IE8 Favorites not work?

> > > >>

> > > >> Thanks for your help.

> > > >> --

> > > >> www.jollymoon.com

> > >

> > >

> > >

 

[partoned]

The Problem Now is that my Win7 was a 64 bit installation and/or

repair and

all the favorites work in IE8 Win7 64 bit.



BUT, now the 32bit IE8 (which is required for webpages to display

FLASH

content) will not load the Favorites from IE8 Win 7 64...the titles of

the

favorites are loaded in Win7 64 bit IE8 32bit, but NONE of the links

work...BIG pain...the browser works if you completely type in the URL

manually.



I even tried importing the favorites into FireFox and exporting them

to a safe place on the hard drive and tried to import them to IE8 32

bit on my Win 7 64 bit machine. Work in FireFox but the favorites

import to IE8 32 NO GO..."some items were not imported successfully"



Help please....