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Edge Favorites.
I just noticed after doing a clean install of windows 10 1607, that my favorites in ms edge are gone. Is there anyway to get them back?
Henry
I just noticed after doing a clean install of windows 10 1607, that my favorites in ms edge are gone. Is there anyway to get them back?
Henry
You did a clean install... which deletes everything. Why would you think they were still there? Favorites are not synced in the cloud.
If you don't have a backup, there's not much you can do.
When you did the clean install, did you format your disk?
There may still be a Windows.old directory, and that may still contain your favorites. However, favorites in Edge are stored in a database, not as a links on disk like in IE. So you will need to copy the database over your new one (if it exists).
It would be located at:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\Us er\Default\DataStore
and the same in c:\windows.old\users
See also, this:
Microsoft Edge Favorites - Backup and Restore in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums