WebRecorder Favorites not working

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WebRecorder Favorites not working

Post by bnc1 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:43 am

I am using Macro Scheduler v14.0.6 with WebRecorder v4.01. My OS is Windows 7 x64 with browser IE9.

When I start MacroRecorder and click on Favorites all of my IE9 favorites show up correctly. When I click on any individual favorite, nothing happens and nothing shows up in the URL bar. This happens for all of my favorites. Can anyone else reproduce this ?

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Post by Marcus Tettmar » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:14 pm

I can't reproduce. I'm also using IE9 on Win7 x64.
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Post by bnc1 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:56 pm

Strange. When I click on a favorite website, Webrecorder does create an IE instance with IECreate but an empty URL (no IENavigate code is generated either). Same thing happens when booting Windows 7 in safe mode. Also it doesnt matter if I start Webrecorder from the start menu or from the Macro Scheduler Edit/tools menu, the problem is there in both cases. Any ideas as to what might be the issue here ??

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Post by CyberCitizen » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:13 am

I'm on Win 7 Ultimate 32bit running MS v14.0.6 can't reproduce it either, maybe a re-install might be required.
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Post by bnc1 » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:43 am

I tried backing up, deleting all favorites, and creating just one new favorite. The problem remains :( . I booted up an old desktop with Macro Scheduler 11 and WebRecorder v2.4 and the problem exists there also. Win7 and IE9 are common to my current and older desktops.

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Post by CyberCitizen » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:17 am

What language operating system are you using? Have your fav's been installed to a non default location within windows?
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Post by bnc1 » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:38 am

I am using Windows 7 Pro x64 English (United States) language. My favorites are installed in the default location. I noticed when I click on a favorite it does create an entry in the webrecorder url bar but its an empty entry. I can see this by clicking on the pull down menu tab.

I also experimented a bit and enabled the Guest account feature in control panel / User accounts. After switching to the new guest account and creating a few favorites I tried webrecorder and the favorites worked ! So something that I have done in my normal windows account is preventing web recorder from using favorites correctly. :?: :!: :idea:

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