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Iron Contributor

Apr 16, 2020

Local Profile Remove Issue

In our environment, we only use local profiles in Edge. The default path upon initial configuration on the client is “%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Edge Beta\User Data\Default” We noticed that if the ...

Henno_Keers

Iron Contributor

Apr 22, 2020

stesch79 we ran into the same problem with VMware UEM for profile management solution we use.

Solution we use at our servicedesk:

Rename the Profile x directory to Default, then remove the file "Local State" and the let the user start Edge & log on. After that it is fixed.

reg, Henno

Joachim_T
Iron Contributor
Apr 22, 2020
Henno_Keers

Manuel work arounds are never a solution in my eyes.
- Henno_Keers
  Iron Contributor
  Apr 23, 2020
  Joachim_T I agree. But we are not close to the root cause of the problem we want to see the scale of the problem and involvement of the ServiceDesk on the issue.
  Otherwise one is not fixing the problem but automating a workaround.
  
  reg, Henno
  - ThiloLangbein
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 23, 2020
    Henno_Keers Joachim_T I think UE-V will never be a good solution for syncing this Edge profile stuff. Microsoft has confirmed that it will enable https://cloud.google.com/docs/chrome-enterprise/policies/?policy=RoamingProfileLocation for syncing Favorites/settings to a local UNC share. That's the solution I wait for.