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12Jul/080

Vista Issue Solved: Cannot Save Favourites

Okay I have been having this issue where whenever I try to save a website into my favourites and in a folder I have moved from a backup where it would throw up a error message with the delightful error description "unspecified error". After a bit of a google hunt here is how to fix it:

Drop to a Elevated Command Prompt (Start>type cmd>right-click on cmd icon and hit "Run as Administrator"
Navigate to your user profile folder (cd c:\users\username\)
Type icacls Favorites /setintegritylevel (OI)(CI)low

And hey presto its fixed!

This problem occurs as Internet Explorer in Windows Vista runs under Protected mode (low integrity level) by default, and therefore will only be able to modify objects marked with a low integrity level in their system ACLs. This is to save the moronic users from killing their computer via spyware and other nasties on the Internet.

A good read on integrity levels can be found @ http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2006/07/21/442870.aspx

Another problem solved :)

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