Windows 10: did reset windows 10 now my favorites info disappeared

how to retrieve favorites file after doing reset

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Favorites completely disappeared

Hello,

I can understand the inconvenience you have experienced.

I would suggest you to try the steps mentioned below and check if it helps.

How to restore the favorite’s folder in Internet Explorer.

• To open the Registry Editor,
• Type regedit into the Start Search field.
• Press Enter.
• Find Favorites under the following Registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\User Shell folders

HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell folders

HKEY_USERS\.default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\User Shell folders

• Right click it and select Modify. The Edit String dialog will open.
  
• Verify that the Value Data field contains the correct location of your Favorites folder. If it does not, enter the right location to restore your missing Favorites folder to Internet Explorer.
  

C:\Users\NetID\Favorites

• Close the registry editor.
• Open Internet Explorer to confirm that your favorites are there.

Note: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you
follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to
view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Move Favorites icon to desktop win-10

Your suggestion does not work. It did work on Windows 7.

 

Favorites completely disappeared

Unfortunately, I applied the recommended registry changes under Win 10, but that did not solve the problem. The actual favorites ARE on my Win 10 system in the correct place (C:\Users\<username>\Favorites, and DO work in Edge. So I believe this is an IE
issue caused by some recent update.

Further, I am using a dual boot Win 10/Win 8.1 system and IE does not have this empty favorites bar issue under Win 8.1.

IMO (as others seem to have the same problem) this is an issue that was caused by a recent update to Win 10/IE and this needs to be reopened and investigated by Microsoft Support.

Please help!