"Favorites" Portlet customization

Is it possible to modify the links in the Favorites (My Links) portlet to open in a new window? I don't want the user to leave the current portal session every time a favorites link is activated. I see that this functionality is available when adding a new link to a content area. This is something that should also be possible with the Favorites portlet.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dan Tillotson

Hi,
The problem is somehow there is no default DAD entry in your DAD config files. Please do the following -
1. Open the $IAS_HOME/Apache/modplsql/cfg/wdbsvr.app file. ($IAS_HOME would be where you have installed iAS).
2. Verify whether you have any dad in your file. If not , add manually a dad named "sample".
3. In the top section in this file, there would be a field called "default DAD". you need to provide some existing dad in that file.
4. You need to restart your iAS server.
Now, you can access this URL.
Thanks,
Ved

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