IE8 Favorites folders would not retract

[Artu]

When I open Favorites drop-down menu and click on one of the folders to get
to the desired website, that expanded folder stays expanded, with all
submenus open. So when I try to open another folder in Favorites I need to
scroll all over the Favorites menu to find it (because the first folder, if
it has a lot of bookmarks in it, will fill up the whole drop-down menu), and
then even that second folder will stay expanded, and so on.
One way of avoiding this mess is to click on the expanded folder again in
order for it to retract. But it is not convenient. In IE7 there was a way to
make the retraction of the opened folders AUTOMATIC once the second folder
was clicked upon. However, I cannot find that command in the Internet Options
on IE8. Please advise. Thank you.

 

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Artu wrote:
> When I open Favorites drop-down menu and click on one of the folders to
> get
> to the desired website, that expanded folder stays expanded, with all
> submenus open. So when I try to open another folder in Favorites I need to
> scroll all over the Favorites menu to find it (because the first folder,
> if
> it has a lot of bookmarks in it, will fill up the whole drop-down menu),
> and
> then even that second folder will stay expanded, and so on.
> One way of avoiding this mess is to click on the expanded folder again in
> order for it to retract. But it is not convenient. In IE7 there was a way
> to
> make the retraction of the opened folders AUTOMATIC once the second folder
> was clicked upon. However, I cannot find that command in the Internet
> Options on IE8. Please advise. Thank you.

 

[VanguardLH]

Artu wrote:

> When I open Favorites drop-down menu and click on one of the folders to get
> to the desired website, that expanded folder stays expanded, with all
> submenus open. So when I try to open another folder in Favorites I need to
> scroll all over the Favorites menu to find it (because the first folder, if
> it has a lot of bookmarks in it, will fill up the whole drop-down menu), and
> then even that second folder will stay expanded, and so on.
> One way of avoiding this mess is to click on the expanded folder again in
> order for it to retract. But it is not convenient. In IE7 there was a way to
> make the retraction of the opened folders AUTOMATIC once the second folder
> was clicked upon. However, I cannot find that command in the Internet Options
> on IE8. Please advise. Thank you.

You sure IE isn't following the same config that you setup for Windows
Explorer? If you open folders in Windows Explorer, do previously opened
folders also collapse or do they stay expanded?

Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View tab
"Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list"

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

"Artu" <Artu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1141A234-0849-42C0-852C-FDF73D843171@microsoft.com...
> When I open Favorites drop-down menu and click on one of the folders to get
> to the desired website, that expanded folder stays expanded, with all
> submenus open. So when I try to open another folder in Favorites I need to
> scroll all over the Favorites menu to find it (because the first folder, if
> it has a lot of bookmarks in it, will fill up the whole drop-down menu), and
> then even that second folder will stay expanded, and so on.
> One way of avoiding this mess is to click on the expanded folder again in
> order for it to retract. But it is not convenient.

> In IE7 there was a way to
> make the retraction of the opened folders AUTOMATIC once the second folder
> was clicked upon. However, I cannot find that command in the Internet Options
> on IE8. Please advise. Thank you.


It's still there...

Close unused folders in History and Favorites*
*Takes effect after you restart Internet Explorer

(in Options, Advanced tab, Browsing section)


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

 

[Bubey]

I don't know of any way to get them to close. This is one my irritants to
using IE8. I'm like you
when I want to save a new link in a folder, the whole list of folders and
subfolders open up
and I have to scroll up and down to get to where I want to put it. I keep
hoping in IE9 they
will correct this.

"Artu" <Artu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1141A234-0849-42C0-852C-FDF73D843171@microsoft.com...
When I open Favorites drop-down menu and click on one of the folders to get
to the desired website, that expanded folder stays expanded, with all
submenus open. So when I try to open another folder in Favorites I need to
scroll all over the Favorites menu to find it (because the first folder, if
it has a lot of bookmarks in it, will fill up the whole drop-down menu), and
then even that second folder will stay expanded, and so on.
One way of avoiding this mess is to click on the expanded folder again in
order for it to retract. But it is not convenient. In IE7 there was a way to
make the retraction of the opened folders AUTOMATIC once the second folder
was clicked upon. However, I cannot find that command in the Internet
Options
on IE8. Please advise. Thank you.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

"Bubey" <catlov@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:#1qckU9xKHA.1548@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I don't know of any way to get them to close. This is one my irritants to
> using IE8.

> I'm like you when I want to save a new link in a folder, the whole list of
> folders and
> subfolders open up


OP is not discussing saving Favorites. That's another issue.


> and I have to scroll up and down to get to where I want to put it. I keep
> hoping in IE9 they
> will correct this.
>
> "Artu" <Artu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1141A234-0849-42C0-852C-FDF73D843171@microsoft.com...

> When I open Favorites drop-down menu and click on one of the folders to
> get
> to the desired website, that expanded folder stays expanded, with all
> submenus open.

> So when I try to open another folder in Favorites I need to
> scroll all over the Favorites menu to find it (because the first folder,
> if
> it has a lot of bookmarks in it, will fill up the whole drop-down menu),
> and
> then even that second folder will stay expanded, and so on.
> One way of avoiding this mess is to click on the expanded folder again in
> order for it to retract. But it is not convenient. In IE7 there was a way
> to
> make the retraction of the opened folders AUTOMATIC once the second folder
> was clicked upon. However, I cannot find that command in the Internet
> Options
> on IE8. Please advise. Thank you.
>