Where are my favorites in Internet Explorer 9

You upgrade to Internet Explorer 9 and now you can't find your favorites or your home page has changed, what happened? Don't panic, it's all there just now in a more simplified view. Upgrading to IE 9 was a good thing. Microsoft actually has a decent page explaining the changes. Check it out at:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Getting-started-with-Internet-Explorer-9

Your address bar and your search bar are now combined. You can either type in a website or a search term and the browser knows what to do. You also have 3 icons on the top right: Home, Favorites & Tools. The Home icon will take you to your home page (start page). The Favorites icon will take you to your favorites and the Tools icon will bring up your tools. If you right click on the Tools icon it will bring up a submenu where you can select the Menu  Bar.

To change your Home page (start page) just go ahead and go to the site you would like to use and select the Tools icon and then select Internet Options from the drop down menu. The next screen will list your home page and to change it just go ahead and select the "use current" button and it will fill it in for the site you are at.

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