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I want to add other locations to the Favorite Links panel which shows up during the file save picture dialog. I have yet to find the right combination of search terms to find out how to do this.
I’ve attached a pic showing what I am trying to change for those who do not have Vista Home Premium 64 Bit with IE 8.
Jester
Thank you but I found that the instructions did not work as described on my machine. I could not browse to a folder in the right hand panel and drag to the left panel or the “favorite links” toolbar. Again I have attached a screen shot of what happens when I drag a folder. I get the black circle with the slash through it and nothing changes.
I would suggest you not try to create a new “link” in your Favorites Links while in a “Save as” dialog window. Have you tried to add a link using the “drag & drop” method outlined in the article in a regular Explorer window?
And, I’m just curious why you are using a “Classic” theme in Vista and not the default Aero?… nostalgia nightmare! 
I would suggest you not try to create a new “link” in your Favorites Links while in a “Save as” dialog window. Have you tried to add a link using the “drag & drop” method outlined in the article in a regular Explorer window?
And, I’m just curious why you are using a “Classic” theme in Vista and not the default Aero?… nostalgia nightmare!
The behavior is the same in Windows Explorer where I have to click the arrow to display the “Favorites Links”.
I do not run the Windows Vista Theme as I have adjusted fonts for several of the display items due to a vision impairment. To run Aero I would have to give up such needed changes.
Jester
The behavior is the same in Windows Explorer where I have to click the arrow to display the “Favorites Links”.
I do not run the Windows Vista Theme as I have adjusted fonts for several of the display items due to a vision impairment. To run Aero I would have to give up such needed changes.
Admittedly, this is just a guess on my part but it wouldn’t take long to test it out. I’m thinking that the “Classic” theme you are using automatically disables some functions which are available using the Aero Theme. Why not enable the Aero Theme in “Personalization” and see if you can create a link in the “Favorites Links” using the same drag & drop method?
Another question that comes to mind is whether you might have disabled some features, this being one of them (could be tied in with something else?) sometime ago and have forgotten you did so?
Lastly, and this is a matter for the Vista forum, you can adjust font sizes without resorting to the Classic Theme. Whether it would meet your particular needs is something only you could determine. 
Admittedly, this is just a guess on my part but it wouldn’t take long to test it out. I’m thinking that the “Classic” theme you are using automatically disables some functions which are available using the Aero Theme. Why not enable the Aero Theme in “Personalization” and see if you can create a link in the “Favorites Links” using the same drag & drop method?
Another question that comes to mind is whether you might have disabled some features, this being one of them (could be tied in with something else?) sometime ago and have forgotten you did so?
Lastly, and this is a matter for the Vista forum, you can adjust font sizes without resorting to the Classic Theme. Whether it would meet your particular needs is something only you could determine.
Thank you all for your comments and questions. What I just found was that under my user profile structure there was NO Links folder. I compared the other users structure and noted the difference. When I created a new Links folder I was then able to create whatever shortcuts I pleased within Windows Explorer and they were present when I repeated the picture save operation from within IE 8.
Jester
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