If I click Favorites in the menu bar, I get a long drop down list to choose from. And if I go and do something else, like drinking a cup of coffee, and I return and click Favorites in the menu bar again, the list still comes up.
So I had a good cup of coffee, but I was unable to reproduce your problem.
Kees
i have used Internet explorer 7 and when you go to do something else your favorites disappear, is their away to keep it on the screen when
return from another web site
I have hp pavilion A210n df210ahp

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