Tweak Library – Expand the Add Favorites dialog box in Internet Explorer.

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Expand the Add Favorites dialog box in Internet Explorer.

This setting controls whether the expanded dialog box should be shown when a website URL is added to the Internet Explorer favorites.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

By using this tweak you can change appearance of dialog box which is shown when a site is added to the Internet Explorer favorites. You can make this dialog box expanded or size it to normal.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter "regedit" and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value "AddToFavoritesExpanded", if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to "1" which can expand favorites dialog, or "0" for the normal size.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Show Expanded Add to Favorites Dialog Box.reg

The '.reg' file can expand Internet Explorer favorites dialog.

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Don't show expanded Add to Favorites Dialog Box.reg

The '.reg' file can show normal size of Internet Explorer favorites dialog.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

AddToFavoritesExpanded

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Expanded ‘Add to Favorites’ dialog box is enabled.

Expanded ‘Add to Favorites’ dialog box is disabled by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\], right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "AddToFavoritesExpanded" in "Main" key.

Next, right-click on "AddToFavoritesExpanded" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.