Archive for the 'Internet Explorer' Category

One of the biggest annoyances with all modern browsers is the lack of configurability of the favorites or bookmarks. They accumulate in the profile of the user on the local hard disk. Use several computers, it helps a roaming profile (comparison with the domain controller), sometimes more. No one uses roaming profiles or different profiles, one has only local accumulations. To complete this, align and secure sometimes running is annoying.

Internet Explorer, you may impose on their favorites in a network drive (UNC path) to manage. These are the User Shell Folders in the registry changes to the appropriate resource in the format \ \ server \ share \ folder.

The User Shell Folders for the current profile in the registry are here:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

After changing the folder User Shell Folders can be used as. Reg file will be exported. This is only useful provided quickly to the same profiles on the same platform with the change - note the changes in the folder structure as of XP over Vista to Windows 7

Tripping hazard protected mode
The newer versions of Internet Explorer to use the so-called protected mode, which among other things prevents the browser files directories outside of its traditional stores. Therefore, it is sometimes necessary to add new favorites twice - the second storage operation takes place correctly.

The security updates for Internet Explorer 6.x and all subsequent versions, Microsoft has the transfer of account information (username, password) in the typical format:

http://username:passwort @ www.domain.de

switched off. For security reasons, there are other ways to store this information.

Much to the chagrin of many administrators, however, who used this feature often and gladly. Especially since it is a standardized format.

Here you get a reg file to change it again. If you save it and double-click the contained information to your registry, the transfer of account information via a URL is active again.

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