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Alphabetize your Favorites (or Bookmarks)

Sort menus alphabeticallyThis question came up a couple of times on the show on Saturday and numerous times recently via email; How do I alphabetize my favorites or bookmarks?

Internet Explorer

  1. Click Favorites from the menus
  2. RIGHT Click on any item in the favorites list
  3. Click Sort by Name from the menu

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Click Bookmarks from the menus
  2. RIGHT Click on any item in the bookmarks list
  3. Click Sort by Name from the menu

That's it! You can do that as often as you need to keep your lists in order. Incidentally, you can apply this same technique to your programs menu…

  1. Click Start
  2. Click All Programs (Programs)
  3. RIGHT Click on any item in the programs list
  4. Click Sort by Name

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7 comments

  1. Anonymous
    March 30, 2007 at 11:22 am

    how do i get a favorite to my desktop? I have windows 2000

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  2. Anonymous
    March 10, 2007 at 4:08 pm

    Hey Rick,

    Thanks so much for your help today on the radio show. I’ve followed through by reinstalling the Musicmatch program and then getting to the Safe Mode screen by using the F8 key as the computer is turned on. Once there, however, I don’t see what to highlight in order to delete a program. Thanks for any help.

    Beth
    beth@godandgardens.com

    Reply
  3. Anonymous
    March 17, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    Just want to express gratitude for information :)

    Reply
  4. Anonymous
    March 14, 2007 at 4:29 pm

    How can I alphabetize my bookmarks on Netscape? I have tried right clicking. It doesn’t work.

    Reply
  5. Rick
    May 3, 2007 at 8:04 am

    AOL users, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you can alphabetize your favorites without laboriously moving them in place yourself.

    Thus, reason #212 why I don't like AOL and think that absolutely no one should be using this feature crippled service that worked OK in the 80's and early 90's, but has no place in today's Internet world.

    Reply
  6. Anonymous
    May 3, 2007 at 3:30 am

    How do you or can you alphabetize favorites and mail folders in aol??

    Ron Snively

    Reply
  7. Anonymous
    November 2, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    I need something different in sound when I turn on my computer or change my programs etc, what Window’s give is old an dull, how can I get something new and neat?

    Reply

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