I received the new Windows Insider Windows 10 build over the wekend and have just discovered that installing it wiped out my IE favourites – or at least those in folders.
I’d copied my favourites to Microsoft Edge when installing Windows 10 so I can copy everything back
IE favourites are stored at
Get-ChildItem -Path ‘C:\Users\<user>\Favorites’
You can clean out the favourites:
Get-ChildItem -Path ‘C:\Users\<user>\Favorites’ | Remove-Item –Force
You will be asked to confirm the action.
Microsft Edge favourites are at
Get-ChildItem -Path ‘C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\
User\Default\Favorites’ –Recurse
Copy them into the IE favourites folder
Get-ChildItem -Path ‘C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\
User\Default\Favorites’ | Copy-Item -Destination ‘C:\Users\<user>\Favorites’ -Force -Recurse
Job done