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josh_bodner
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Feb 11, 2020

Dev channel update to 81.0.416.3 is live

Hello Insiders, today we’re releasing build 81.0.416.3 to the Dev Channel.  We expect this to be the last build for major version 81, which means we will soon be bringing it to the Beta channel.  Add...
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HotCakeX
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Feb 12, 2020

Eyal_Shahar 

Eyal_Shahar wrote:

I tried the "tool on the Favorites management page to remove duplicate favorites" and now I have so many new duplicates I can hardly find anything 😞 

Is one of your Edge channels connected to your MSA stable channel?

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Eyal_Shahar
Copper Contributor
Feb 12, 2020
Which is what?
Anyway, I used the tool the third time (it's free, right? 🙂 ) and all duplicates are gone now.
Many of my favorites lost their symbols/icons but it looks like the icons are coming back after I click on each one of them.
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    HotCakeX
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    Feb 12, 2020
    lol okay I think I need to reword that,
    for me duplication happens on stable Edge channel only (version 80) and then passes those duplicated favorites to the other channels (Canary). but Canary never creates duplicates.
    so I asked if you have more than 1 Edge browser connected to your MSA (Microsoft account) and syncing and whether one of them is Stable channel?
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      Eyal_Shahar
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 12, 2020

      HotCakeX 

       

      Yes, I have the stable Edge on about 4 computers and I never disconnected it from my MS account.  

      Even though I never intentionally open the "old" Edge anymore, sometimes it will open up claiming it is  my default browser, so I guess we have a big party here... :facepalm:

       

      Should I unlink the stable version from my MS account on all computers?  Sorry for the mess  I created :unamused:

      Thanks.

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        HotCakeX
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        Feb 12, 2020

        Eyal_Shahar 

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        Eyal_Shahar wrote:

        HotCakeX 

         

        Yes, I have the stable Edge on about 4 computers and I never disconnected it from my MS account.  

        Even though I never intentionally open the "old" Edge anymore, sometimes it will open up claiming it is  my default browser, so I guess we have a big party here... :facepalm:

         

        Should I unlink the stable version from my MS account on all computers?  Sorry for the mess  I created :unamused:

        Thanks.

        Well I think it's better to get rid of stable versions of Edge, everywhere, until this is fixed:

         

        Planned for February

        Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated

         

        https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/top-feedback-summary-for-february-11/m-p/1167413

         

        (I'd add to that: favorites not syncing and favorite getting lost)

         

        I'd give Edge stable another shot probably around May 2020, for now you can use Canary channel, it has more features and once that fix for favorite syncing is released, it will first come to Canary:)

         

        I personally have to rely on Firefox for now because I don't want to get another headache sorting my favorites or worrying whether they are syncing properly or not.

         

        https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/what-does-this-mean-in-edge-sync-internals/m-p/1165884

         

        https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/duplicate-favorites-bookmarks/td-p/1165889

         

         

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