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DanielRyan
Brass Contributor
Mar 14, 2021
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Missing history button in Edge Stable?

I've waited a while to ask this because I thought maybe it's a feature that's being rolled out in stages but it seems to have been around for a long time now and rolled out simultaneously on all of m...
  • HotCakeX's avatar
    HotCakeX
    Mar 14, 2021

    DanielRyan 

    Hi,

    This is probably still a controlled feature rollout, like I mentioned in my other comment, the release note says nothing about it.

    you're talking about history flyout, well, favorites flyout came even before that but one of my Edge stable installations doesn't even have that.

     

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josh_bodner
Silver Contributor
Mar 18, 2021
I checked the code, and this should be turned on in code as of Edge 89, so it's definitely not expected that this isn't available to you. I'll ask the team!
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frogman2205
Brass Contributor
Mar 18, 2021
Thank you josh_bodner I have the same version , same problem happy to do any tests required or make registry changes. I have already done a full profile reset so that edge started as new.
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    josh_bodner
    Silver Contributor
    Mar 19, 2021

    frogman2205 I talked with the team, and it looks like this is indeed a lingering rollout as HotCakeX mentioned, so there's not much you can do other than maybe uninstalling and reinstalling to try to get into a different rollout population.  

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      frogman2205
      Brass Contributor
      May 14, 2021
      josh_bodner, Today my PC updated to Version 90.0.818.62 (Official build) (64-bit) this has NOT resolved the issue where on the PC I have User account A on that PC that does not show the button still, and on Windows user accounts B and C which shows the button as expected with the new rollout.
      I no longer believe this is 'an expected behavior' as that PC shows the new history functionality with all accounts except the one Windows User Account. As mentioned before I have deleted the Edge profile associated with that user account and reset Edge, any other suggestions would be welcome.
      • DanielRyan's avatar
        DanielRyan
        Brass Contributor
        May 15, 2021
        Yep I too am running Version 90.0.818.62 (Official build) (64-bit) and also still have no sign of this History menu. It's really starting to seem like this is a bug at this point but since we don't have any information from the Edge team about the rollout of this feature it's difficult to know if it's a bizarrely slow feature rollout. I feel at this point I might only get this feature in a few years when I upgrade my computer because it doesn't seem to like something about this one.
    • frogman2205's avatar
      frogman2205
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 21, 2021
      josh_bodner, Today I updated to version 89.0.774.57, and on the same PC I have User account A on that PC that does not show the button still, and user account B and C which shows the button as expected with the new rollout. On a different PC I have the Micorsoft user account A and it also show the button correctly in the new way. IF my account of PC is lagging in the rollout, why does it work like this?

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