Windows 10: EDGE DEVELOPERS: WE NEED A NEW UPDATE TO RESTORE THE YELLOW FOLDERS TO THE FAVORITES BAR!

BRING 'EM BACK EDGE DEVS! THE YELLOW FOLDERS in the Favorites Bar. Why would you make such a ridiculous change, eliminating the long-standing YELLOW Folders and replacing them with TRANSPARENT "folders"! These clear/transparent Folders are very difficult to make out. They're very difficult to quickly recognize, particularly when one is arranging the contents of each Folder with custom arrangements of favorites. How Short-sided of your team to make such a nonsensible change for NO apparent reason or Utility! Why would you want to "FIX" something that's not "BROKEN", something so simple. These Y

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Edge favorites and favorites bar gone

Hi Kim,

Welcome to Microsoft community and thank you for posting your query.

I would like to know some information about the issue so that we could help you better.

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  Do you have a Favorites folder at [C:\Users\your account name\Favorites] ? Does it contain all of the favorites?
  
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  Did you import the favorites from any browser other than Internet Explorer?
  

In order to view the favorites bar, you must turn it on. Here are the steps to do this:

1. Within Microsoft Edge, you will see a button with ellipses on it
(...) in the top right hand corner. Click this.

2. At the very bottom of the dropdown menu, click "Settings".

3. Near the top of the next page, you will see a section titled "Show the favorites bar" and a switch beneath it. Simply click this switch into the on positon and your favorites bar should immediately appear underneath the search
bar at the top of Microsoft Edge

To restore your favorites 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.

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  To open the Registry Editor, click Start.
  
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  Type regedit into the Start Search field.
  
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  Press Enter.
  
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  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
  

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  Right click it and select Modify. The Edit String dialog will open.
  
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  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
  

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  Close the registry editor.
  
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  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.
  

 

Favorites Bar in Edge

Nothing will show up in the horizontal Favorites BAR until you put something there

There are two steps to make this work:

• Enable the Favorites BAR (which it appears you have already done)
• Move some favorites into the Favorites BAR

Most people use the horizontal Favorites BAR for just a few of their frequently used favorites... and do not attempt to put their entire collection of favorites there. Instead, the "big" list of favorites remains in the vertical Favorites PANE.

So, open the vertical Favorites PANE the normal way (via the "hub" icon... the 3 little lines), expand the FOLDER called "Favorites Bar", and move a few favorites there via a "drag-n-drop" operation. This is a special folder that mirrors the horizontal
Favorites BAR. So, anything you put there will show up both in the vertical Favorites PANE and in the horizontal Favorites BAR.

Note: Make sure that you don't accidentally have two folders called "Favorites Bar" in the vertical Favorites PANE. If you have more than one, then you should be using the one at the top of the list.

 

how to add web sites to my favorites in Microsoft Edge

Hi Brooks,

Thank you for showing interest on Windows 10.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and we are happy assist you.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to add a Website to Favorites in Microsoft Edge:

• Open the Microsoft Edge app, and go to the website you want to add to favorites.
• Press the Ctrl + D keys or click on the
  start icon (Add to Favorites) in the address bar.
• Type a name you want for the favorite.
• Do step 5 or step 6 below for what folder to add the website as a favorite to.
• To Add Website as a Favorite to an Existing Folder in Favorites
  • Under Create in, select an existing folder, click/tap on
    Add, and go to step 7.
• To Add Website as a Favorite to a New Folder in Favorites.
  • Under Create in, select an existing folder that you want to create the new folder in.
  • Click/tap on the Create new folder link.
  • Type in a name you want for the new folder, click/tap on
    Add, and go to step 7.
• You will now see the start icon (Add to Favorites) turn yellow to indicate that the current website has been added to your Favorites.

Reference: Refer to the following Microsoft article on
Microsoft Edge and privacy: FAQ.

Microsoft Edge, browsing data, and privacy - Microsoft Support

If you need any further assistance with Windows then let us know and we would be glad to help you.

Thank you.