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Deleted
Apr 08, 2019

Import of favourites from Edge not reliable

Import from Edge mangled my favourites - I have a load of favourites (in folders) on the bar plus others in the main favourites area (again in folders/sub folders). The import appeared to do the bar fine, but some of the others were moved up from their position in a folder to the top of the imported favourites.

 

As I had a "backup" HTML export from Edge, I tried this - the import worked much better, not mangling the favourites, but obviously needed to move the folders around to complete the import.

 

It would be much nicer if the import kept the complete structure of the favourites, moving those not in the bar ideally directly under "Other Favourites" and making sure it does not mangle the favourites from Edge when it does so.

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  • Elliot Kirk's avatar
    Elliot Kirk
    Former Employee
    Apr 08, 2019
    Thank you for the feedback. It will let the team that is responsible for importing favorites know about this. Just to summarize, you were trying to import your favorites from the current version of Microsoft Edge into the Preview version of Microsoft Edge and the favorites that were in folders were put into either the wrong folder or not in any folder. Can you please let me know what version of Windows 10 you are running, and what preview channel you selected?
    • Deleted's avatar
      Deleted
      Apr 08, 2019

      Elliot KirkWindows 10 Pro x64 on Slow Ring (build 18362.30). Edge Version 74.1.96.24 (Official build) dev (64-bit). And yes, the favorites that were in folders were put into either the wrong folder or not in any folder.

      • rishavsharan's avatar
        rishavsharan
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        Apr 09, 2019

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        I am a PM in the Edge team and first of all want to thank you for taking our browser for a spin.

         

        I need osme help to better understand this problem that you faced. Can you elaborate on the exact steps that you took to import the data from Edge.

        I am unable to simulate the issue that you stated. here is a screen from my attempt. In my attempt you can see the favorites hierarchy in Old Edge and the hierarchy in the imported folder in the new Edge.

         

        Also, if you are comfortable with it, it would help a lot if you can share a similar screenshot showing the exact issue.

         

        Keep the bouqets/bricks/suggestions coming!