Edge Browser import IE Favorites over Commandline (Anyversery Update)

Question

_{Monday, August 15, 2016 7:38 AM}

Hi

Have me anyone a tip how we can import the old IE 11 Favorites automatic to the new Edge Browser. All the older Tips stop working with the new Database for the Edge Browser

Thanks in Advantage.

Best Regards

Röndi

Roendi

All replies (8)

_{Monday, August 15, 2016 1:18 PM}

Not command line but http://www.emmet-gray.com/Articles/EdgeManage.html is good for managing importing \ exporting. Also the page has some information on the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) database format the favorites are stored in if that helps.

_{Monday, August 15, 2016 2:43 PM}

Hi

I now this Tool. But I need a Command Line Functionality

We found some Solution.

We will tried and give her a Feedback.

Roendi

_{Monday, August 15, 2016 5:12 PM}

If you do find a solution please post the results here as it may help others.

_{Tuesday, August 16, 2016 1:19 AM}

Hi Roendi,

We appreciate your study and discovery, if you and your team make it, please share your command line with us, I believe it can help many users.

Regards

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_{Tuesday, August 23, 2016 9:17 AM}

Hi at all

We need this as Migration from Windows 8.1

Important the Edge Browser is never startet. Otherwise you need to kill all Edge User Registry Keys first and the default existing Database.

First we read the correct Publisher ID with Powershell:

$IEFavoritentoEdge = Get-AppxPackage | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*.MicrosoftEdge*"} | Select -ExpandProperty PublisherID

RD '%UserHomeDrive%Favorites\RECYCLE.BIN' 
Delete '%UserHomeDrive%Favorites\desktop.ini' 

; Copy Legay Favorites to Edge Folder
 Copy '%UserHomeDrive%Favorites\.*' to '%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_%IEFavoritentoEdge_PublisherID%\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\Favorites\.*' /Sub

We enable the Link Bar

Register64 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER' 'SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_%IEFavoritentoEdge_PublisherID%\MicrosoftEdge\LinksBar' 'Enabled' '1' 'REG_DWORD'

Then you can start the Edge Browser and the Import is successfull.

Then we copy eatch time the Edge Favorites back to the Userhome:

 Run 'taskkill /F /IM MicrosoftEdge.exe'

; Backup Edge Favorites
 copy '%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_%IEFavoritentoEdge_PublisherID%\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DataStore\data\.*' to '%UserHomeDrive%Office\EdgeDB\W10\.*' /Sub /newer

So we have automated the migration of the IE Favorites to the Edge. And we have a Backup for the User. 

_{Wednesday, September 21, 2016 1:52 AM}

Hi Rene,

Very well, thanks for your detailed response, we can learn an useful method about how to migrate data on Edge. Your registry method is effective and direct, I have tried and will introduces it to other forum users.

Please mark your reply to close this case.

Regards

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_{Friday, November 11, 2016 10:27 PM}

Do you have a script in case the user has opened Edge?

Thank you for this script. I am going to test it for my needs asap.

_{Monday, November 14, 2016 8:53 AM}

Hi Jajaskola

I give you my Script. We have a Swiss Software Distribution Solution (Columbus). Its ease this to convert to another Solution.

That you need to do your selve.

Kind Regards.

Roendi

Roendi