Sync new Edge favorites with IE
We need a favorites sync with legacy IE, like old Edge did (https://www.windowscentral.com/how-keep-favorites-synced-between-microsoft-edge-and-ie-windows-10#sync_favorites_ie_edge_gpedit) ! If t...
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I can see something like this getting setup with IE Mode integration possibly.
We are still in the preview states of IE Mode integration with Edge Dev Enterprise, but you have to edit the registry to setup that up anyways this might be something you could possibly do at the same time in the future.
Thanks for the feature request,
Frank
It would be pretty cool if this favorites sync can utilize the same favorites folder that already exists in user profiles. I know many organizations today use that folder, and Group Policy favorites for IE uses it. If there can be a way that those favorites can "automagically" appear in favorites for Edge I know that would solve lots of enterprise-related questions.
I am already familiar with the favorites management in Chrome and the new Edge, but it would be great if the enterprise favorites policies that all organizations have already set up and just work with the new Edge with a group policy or registry tweak. It would be super nice and elegant.
- I‘m afraid Microsoft will not help us in this case. We check, if we can use a extension for this.
I believe their enterprise-minded department at Microsoft would want to correct it. I believe such a department might still exist. 🙂
A team at Microsoft are the ones who decided to use a "Favorites" folder under c:\documents and settings\user\Favorites in Win XP, which then controls any Favorites for IE. Many enterprises still use IE every day, and this Edge IE mode feature will allow those enterprises to change the default browser to Edge and use IE mode for all their sites that require.
Given that, it just makes sense to have the Edge-ium browser sync with IE favorites since those are already managed by corporate policy.
The policy to manage Favorites in Chrome / Edge Beta is a nightmare with json... I'm working on a Powershell tool to create an interface that will allow admins to update and manage the favorites policy, but the Group Policy snap-in requires a one-line version of the JSON file. It is in their best interest to make the favorites management from an enterprise view as elegant (like it is with IE favorites) as possible.
However, I also understand that Chromium is an entirely different browser and to rewrite the bookmarks portion of it might be a big undertaking. Still - it would be the best experience for organizations to manage favorites from one place. Or at least have an option to keep the Edge Beta / IE favorites in sync with each other.
We're thinking about writing a browser extension (for edgium) to syn favorites (via a application server) with users (ie) favorites folder.
Please keep me up to date with your solution in this scenario.
