Internet Explorer Favorites Unspecified Error
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Favorites in Windows Vista and Windows 7 After reading the post Folder Redirection for Favorites on the SameMachineat the IE Team blog, I relocated my Favorites folder to a different drive. After the relocation, when I tried to add a URL to Favorites, I received the following error:Unable to create ‘Title':Unspecified errorThere were many posts in the Windows Vista newsgroups about this problem, and here is the thread containing the original solution from MS-MVP Jimmy Brush. The solution is to set the integrity level (to low) for the relocated Favorites folder. This article has a detailed write-up, and also provides a script which can automate the setting for you. Use one of the two methods http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie8-windows_7/ie8-creating-favorites-unable-to-create/d4756e5a-18e2-4534-b4d0-dbf4c4a78239 below:Method 1Download fix_fav_il.vbs and save to Desktop. Double-click the file to run it. Click Continue when you see the User Account Control elevation prompt. The script will open an elevated Command Prompt window and fix the integrity level setting automatically. Once done, you should now see this message:processed file: favoritesSuccessfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 filesType EXIT to close the Command Prompt window.Method 21. Click Start, type shell:favorites and http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/unspecified-error-when-adding-a-link-to-favorites-in-windows-vista/ press ENTER. The Favorites folder of your user account will open. Copy the full path shown in the Address Bar.2. Open an elevated Command Prompt. To do so, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.3. Type the following command:icacls
adding to Favorites List IE8 'Unspecified Error' when adding to Favorites List New 29 Sep 2010 #1 Jakeman97 View Profile View Forum Posts http://www.vistax64.com/browsers-mail/283470-ie8-unspecified-error-when-adding-favorites-list.html Private Message Member Join Date : Feb 2009 Florida Posts : 143 Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 Local Time: 22:30 IE8 'Unspecified Error' when adding to Favorites List Hi all, Some time http://mbccs.blogspot.com/2007/07/unable-to-create-bookmarks-in-ie7.html ago I backed up my Favorites List on a CD. Yesterday I dragged and dropped this folder to C:\'My Name'/Favorites and it replaced the one that was there. Then I internet explorer discovered I was unable to add urls to my Internet Explorer 8 Favorites List, I get "unspecified error". After much useless fooling around I was unable to recover the original Favorites folder. To make matters worse I then went to C: Programs (86) and opened the Internet Explorer folder. I don't have a clue as to what the heck I internet explorer favorites did but now I have an 'extra' Internet Explorer Folder that looks like this "Internet Explorer (86) (86)" with nothing in it but a folder and 1 'Favorites'. To top it off I also have the very same folder in 'Internet Explorer (86)' I tried to delete the Internet Explorer that appears as "Internet Explorer (86) (86)" but it keeps coming back. I even took Ownership and that didn't help. I don't even know if that second folder is even supposed to be there. Is there any way to get this thing back to normal? Thanks for looking, Jakeman97 My System Specs You need to have JavaScript enabled so that you can use this ... System Manufacturer/Model Number H1 HUMMER OS Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 CPU Phenom II X6 1055T Motherboard GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 Memory G.SKILL 4GB F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 5750 Sound Card On Board (works for me). Monitor(s) Displays Acer X223W Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Keyboard Microsoft CA9-00001 Black 103 Normal Keys 3 Function Keys PS Mouse Microsoft PSU Corsair HX 1000W Case Cooler Master 690II Advanced Cooling
specialize in ecommerce and estore applications and solutions for high transaction online stores. Thursday, July 19, 2007 Unable to create bookmarks in IE7 - "Unspecified Error" I just had a somewhat interesting security problem in Vista that I thought I'd share. The problem was in Internet Explorer when creating a bookmark, I'd receive a message "Unable to create [URL]. Unspecified error". The problem only occurred in protected mode websites which led me to believe it might have been a permissions issue. Indeed, trying to propagate my local account with full access generated an Access is Denied error, so I replaced ownership on the folder successfully, however the problem was still occurring. A bit of research later and here is what I discovered in a nutshell - Windows Vista introduces a new concept called "Integrity Level". Basically, along with every ACL, there is also a "class" - this defines what types of applications can modify a particular file. - By default, all files allow "Medium" or higher applications to modified them, however Internet Explorer running Protected Mode runs at a "Low" integrity level (basically, IE can only directly write to files with a Low integrity level associated with them, otherwise, the write has to go through the protected mode broker process which runs as a medium level application) - The icacls command line utility (introduced in W2K2 SP2 and Vista) includes a new switch that allows you to set the integrity level To resolve the issue, navigate to c:\users\USERNAME and run the following command against the favorites folder: icacls Favorites /setintegritylevel (OI)(CI)low The (OI) and (CI) stand for "object inherit" and "container inherit" respectively (propagate permissions basically), and the low is pretty obviously assigning a low integrity level requirement to the file. [Updated: June 19, 2008 - Step-by-step instructions due to popular demaind] Step-by-step Instructions Choose Start -> Run Type "cmd" (