I like the "favorites" feature of Windows. I use xp.

I thought it was designed to put all of recently used web visits in favorites.
Or is it, that if I register a site in my favorites list, I visit it,
then it will appear in my RECENT favorites list?

Do I need to do something different, is that life or what's up?

Thanks.
John P.

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Request for Question Clarification by rolnick-ga on 22 May 2005 07:51 PDT

Favorites is more feature of Internet Explorer, not Windows itself. In
Favorites URL's that you added manually are stored. Windows have
"Recent Documents" which list recently accessed documents/ files only,
not webpages. Can you pleasy calrify your question?

Internet Explorer has history of web pages visited.  It can be
accessed by clicking the on the "View" menu at the top of your screen,
then select "Explorer bar" and then "History" (or just press "Ctrl-H")
  It shows where you have been on the web.  There are some settings
having to do with the history under "tools" - "internet option".

You're describing the function of the History as gregaw-ga pointed
out.  In the history, there's a way to sort "by order visited."
Favorite are links you have selected to save so you don't have to find
them again.

I realize that I stated my question unclearly.
What I really what to know is how to recently visited sites into my
Favorites-- actually my "recently favorites"

When I click on Start and then Favorites, I am shown my list of
"recently visited sites." however, in my case, that list does not keep
growing.

What Can I do?

You have to add websites to the Favorites list manually by
right-clicking on an empty section of the page and selecting "Add to
Favorites." Favorites are not automatically created, you have to add
them and make the list. You can also organize them into folders.

If you want Windows to show you what sites you have been to recently,
and be able to click on them to go back, you are talking about the
History, not Favorites. To view a list of web sites in the order you
saw them --most recent on top, click the History button, then "VIEW"
and select "By Order Visited Today."