Read only Favorites

DGGS · Dec 14, 2008

I am using IE7 and Windows Vista and I have suddenly discovered that I can not save Favorites because the folder is set to 'Read only'. Yes, I DID uncheck the box but as soon as it is saved it goes back to 'Read only'!

Any ideas? I'd love a solution so please help!
David

plodr · Dec 15, 2008

I found this solution reposted at quite a few sites:

1. Open a Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Browse to the folder that contains your Favorites folder. That means whichever folder your Favorites folder is in.
3. Copy this statement, right click the Command Prompt window at the prompt, and select paste:
icacls favorites /setintegritylevel (OI)(CI)low

Explanation:
IE7 runs in "Protected Mode" with UAC on. Protected Mode sandboxes practically anything IE-related. So Microsoft came up with a concept called "Integrity" that defines the permissions level of given folders, outside the standard ACL security structure. You have to let IE know that it's ok to write to a given folder that has higher permissions.

NOTE: You may also need to do this to the Documents and Downloads folders too, if you want to be able to save items from IE7.
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Read only Favorites

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