IE does not currently provide that capability, though you can still organize your favorites into folders. However, we may be able to assist you in resolving the problems with Firefox if you wish to return to the Mozilla alternative.
John
Is There A Way To Make A Seperator In IE? I was able to do this in Firefox, but had to stop using Firefox as it was hanging up all the time. But I liked the way I could make a seperator line in the bookmarks to organize the web sites.

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