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Edge dev favorites folder location
- Hi,
here is the location where all of your favorites are saved in:
"C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Bookmarks"
these 2 files:
Bookmarks
And
Bookmarks.bak (back up file for Bookmarks)
are the files you're looking for.
I tried to share a full-screen capture (image) to show that I am in the correct location to access the bookmarks file, (C:\Users\USERNAME (here it would read "the7t")\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Bookmarks) but it (the file) does not appear there, (and the image didn't/won't upload... so not even this website is working as it should) and I have my PC set to show all hidden files folders, and drives.
I've been able to copy the bookmarks and the backup bookmarks files from "CCleaner" browser (which is also Chromium based) to "Opera" and wanted to do the same with "Edge Dev", but I can't because the file location is not the same.
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Mr_Jones wrote:I tried to share a full-screen capture (image) to show that I am in the correct location to access the bookmarks file, (C:\Users\USERNAME (here it would read "the7t")\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Bookmarks) but it (the file) does not appear there, (and the image didn't/won't upload... so not even this website is working as it should) and I have my PC set to show all hidden files folders, and drives.
I've been able to copy the bookmarks and the backup bookmarks files from "CCleaner" browser (which is also Chromium based) to "Opera" and wanted to do the same with "Edge Dev", but I can't because the file location is not the same.
Just go to Favorites > Select (...) button > Export favorites
You can then import it in any other browser
- The only thing you can do with that file is delete it and start over. Once you have a few hundred faves, delete the database and start over. Of course, you probably have to factory default your windows on the MS "Expert" recommendations in these forums once every few months anyhow and that will work too.
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RickkeeC wrote:
The only thing you can do with that file is delete it and start over. Once you have a few hundred faves, delete the database and start over. Of course, you probably have to factory default your windows on the MS "Expert" recommendations in these forums once every few months anyhow and that will work too.Of course not, totally unnecessary.
- 5 pages of comments on how to organize favorites with no answer.
YES, they could learn from IE. Edge Favs are half-baked by a poo-tard amateur UI designer who must have been a friend of Bil lG's family because it SUCKS you can't do nothin' except sort. If you want to move shortcuts into a specific folder, it is ONE-AT-A-Time. How is that productive?
Click the circle box, in the Manage Favs, and its instantly deleted.
Work-around, export your FAVS Firefox and use their favorites organizer - Delete your Faves in Edge, and import them back in. But the best solution is to just use Firefox or any other browser if your favorites mean anything to you. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being browser that lets you have your way with FAVS, Edge is a Zero. 5 Pages, NO ANSWERS read em and weep. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-move-favorites-around-in-edge/
