How to Pin and Unpin"Favorites Center" to Left Side in IE9, IE10, and IE11
InformationThe Favorites Center in IE9, IE10, and IE11 allows you to quickly view your Favorites website links, Feeds, and viewed websites History.
By default, you can open the Favorites Center on the right side of IE9 and IE10 by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.
This tutorial will show you how to pin and unpin the Favorites Center to the left side in IE9, IE10, and IE11.
When you pin the Favorites Center to the left, it will stay there even when you close and reopen IE9, IE10, or IE11. The Favorites Center will stay pinned to the left until you close it. Closing the Favorites Center on the left side will unpin it and reset it's position back to the right side the next time you open the Favorites Center using the star icon.
NoteTipIf you like, you can also do either one of the below to have the Favorites Center open directly pinned to the left side.
- Click on View (Menu bar) -> Explorer Bars -> (the option you want)
- Press CTRL+SHIFT+I to open to Favorites in Favorites Center
- Press CTRL+SHIFT+H to open to History in Favorites Center
- Press CTRL+SHIFT+G to open to Feeds in Favorites Center
EXAMPLE: Favorites Center in IE9, IE10, and IE11
OPTION ONETo Pin and Unpin Favorites Center in Internet Explorer
1. Open IE9, IE10, or IE11.
NOTE: In Windows 8, this would only apply to the IE10 or IE11 desktop version, and not the modern (metro) IE.
2. To Pin Favorites Center to the Left Side of IE9, IE10, or IE11A) Click/tap on the star icon at the top right corner to open the Favorites Center. (see screenshot below) B) Click/tap on the green arrow pointing to the left button. (see screenshot below) C) The Favorites Center will now be pinned to the left side of IE9, IE10, or IE11 until you unpin it. (see screenshot below)3. To Unpin Favorites Center from the Left Side of IE9, IE10, or IE11
NOTE: You can adjust the width of the pinned Favorites Center by moving the mouse pointer over the right border until it turns into a double arrow pointer, then left click and hold, and drag the right border to the left or right to adjust it's width. Release the left click when finished.
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the X at the top right corner of the pinned Favorites Center. (see screenshot below) OR
B) Click/tap on the star icon at the top right corner once to unpin the Favorites Center. (see screenshot below) C) The Favorites Center will now be unpinned from the left side of IE9, IE10, or IE11.
OPTION TWOTo Pin and Unpin Favorites Center in IE using REG File
That's it,
1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.
2. To Pin Favorites Center to the Left Side of IE9, IE10, or IE113. To Unpin Favorites Center from the Left Side of IE9, IE10, or IE11
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
NOTE: This is the default setting.4. Save the REG file to your desktop.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
5. Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.
6. Click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK when prompted to approve the merge.
7. If open, close and reopen Internet Explorer to apply.
8. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
Shawn