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You cannot deploy favorites with URLs that contain the % character
Source: Microsoft Support
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When you try to deploy favorites with URLs that contain the character ‘%’ (e.g., http://server/web%20for%20us/default.aspx), the favorites will not be applied to the clients.
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This problem occurs when you deploy favorites with Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) or with Group Policy.
Information about favorites is stored in install.ins, which is an INI-file formatted text file. Install.ins preserves % characters for use as placeholders, which are resolved when install.ins is processed on the client.
In the install.ins file, you can use placeholders to specify part of a path, for example, %SERVER-URL%, and provide the value of the placeholder in the [Strings] section of the file.
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Example file[FavoritesEx]
Title1=Favorite.url
URL1=http://%SERVER-URL%/subweb/default.aspx
[Strings]
Server-URL=www.microsoft.com
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When the file is processed on the client, the favorite is created with the name "Favorite.url". It directly points to http://www.microsoft.com/subweb/default.aspx.
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