Windows 10: All Bookmarks and Favourites lost from Edge and Chrome since Windows update.

As it says in the title, they are all lost, it looks like my laptop has been reset so it looks as though I have never used either browser, as I get the welcome pages to both browsers. I have also lost all my shortcuts from the desktop and task bar

I have tried to restore to a previous Windows update but I cannot as it has been more than 10 days.


A similar thing happened on my desktop after an update, but I just restarted my PC and it booted up as normal, with all my shortcuts and browser history.

I am going frantic trying to fix the laptop which belongs to my parents but nothing I try works and all the PC repair shops have closed because of Covid-19.

It seems that something goes wrong with my computers after almost every update, and it has cost me several hundred pounds in repair bills.

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Edge Import Bookmarks from Chrome does not work

Hi,

To resolve your issue with Microsoft Edge, we suggest that you clear your browsing data. Please follow the steps below:

• Click on the 3 dots at the upper right corner of Edge.
• Go to Settings.
• Go to Clear browsing data.
• Click on Choose what to clear > Clear.
• Try to import your bookmarks from Chrome to Microsoft Edge.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Problem Importing Bookmarks from Firefox into Win 10 Edge browser.

You need to get your bookmarks first into either IE or Chrome, depends what's listed in your Edge "Import Favourites" page. Some people seem only to have IE, some have both. Doesn't matter which you use. Then you can import them into Edge. So...

1. From Firefox, export your favourites either to desktop or a temporary folder.

2. In IE or Chrome delete all bookmarks that you no longer want or that are duplicated in Firefox - if you don't do this you will import unwanted bookmarks into Edge.

3. In IE or Chrome import the bookmarks from wherever you saved them (desktop or folder)

Chrome ->Bookmarks Manager ->Organize -> "Import Bookmarks from HTML file"

IE -> click on star -> Add to favourites -> import from another file/browser (n.b. IE allows you to skip step 1)

4. Open Edge and Import Favourites (Hub -> Favourites -> Import Favourites) from IE or Chrome.

Done, but like many users I found this Edge import procedure reversed the bookmarks order and I had to resort them manually. Having done all this, I thought that Edge was no better or faster than any other browser and lacked many features so after all this
import palaver, I'm back to using Firefox in Windows 10.

 

Lost all my favourites from Microsoft Edge explorer while importing favourites from Chrome explorer.

Is it possible that the new favorites got placed in a separate folder inside Edge... and the old favorites are still there, but just in a different folder?