http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/27/check-internet-explorer-favorites/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/27/check-internet-explorer-favorites/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:35:45 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/27/check-internet-explorer-favorites/ Quick Tool for the evening. The unfortunates who have to use Internet Explorer might find the following utility handy, it is called Faves Analyser and analyzes the favorites of the Internet Explorer. All favorites are scanned and tested to see if the links are still working.

The software tests each link of the favorites displaying the favorite folder structure and all links. Links that are still pointing to a valid url get a green icon while dead links are shown as red icons. The problem that I had with the application was that it is not possible to edit or delete entries from within the program.

I had to open Internet Explorer or the folder containing the favorites to delete the dead links. The program requires the .net framework 2 from Microsoft.

The current release of Faves Analyser is a beta version. Future releases will most likely contain more functions including one to delete dead links directly.

Tags: favorites, ie favorites, internet-explorer, microsoft

Related posts

• Edit Internet Explorer 7 Favorites in Fullscreen (7)
• Validation removed from Internet Explorer 7 (5)
• Use Multiple Internet Explorer Versions Simultaneously (10)
• Uninstall Internet Explorer 8 (33)
• Share Bookmarks (0)

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/27/check-internet-explorer-favorites/feed/ 11 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/15/edit-internet-explorer-7-favorites-in-fullscreen/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/15/edit-internet-explorer-7-favorites-in-fullscreen/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:56:15 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/15/edit-internet-explorer-7-favorites-in-fullscreen/ I do not like the way all major browsers display and let you manage the bookmarks and favorites. Internet Explorer 7 displays the favorites either in a sidebar or a tiny window and it becomes really annoying if you have to edit a lot of favorites from time to time. I do add a lot of websites to the favorites at work because that is the only computer that I’m forced to use the Internet Explorer.

A far better way to edit Internet Explorer 7 Favorites would be to hold the shift key when clicking on Organize Favorites. This can only be done if the menu toolbar is displayed in Internet Explorer 7 so make sure it is. Pressing the shift key while clicking on Organize Favorites opens the favorites which are located in your Windows profile folder allowing you to edit them in fullscreen and without hassles.

A major advantage of that view is that you can sort the favorites by name or date making it much easier to sort them quickly. It is also possible to select more than one favorite at once and move it into a new folder which is not possible in Internet Explorer.

It is possible to access the folder where the Internet Explorer 7 favorites are saved directly. You can find it in your Documents and Settings \ profile name \ Favorites folder.

Tags: bookmarks, favorites, ie favorites, internet explorer 7 favorites, microsoft

Related posts

• Check Internet Explorer Favorites (11)
• Share Bookmarks (0)
• Import Delicious Bookmarks into Firefox (2)
• Check your del.icio.us bookmarks (1)
• Change your bookmarks toolbar appearance in firefox (10)

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/15/edit-internet-explorer-7-favorites-in-fullscreen/feed/ 7