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I have suddenly lost my Collections. If I right-click in any web-page, i can see the list of them. But selecting the Collections button to try to retrieve any of them throws up empty. Can anyone help, please?
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I am not sure which Channel of the Edge browser you are using? Restarting the Edge browser should fix the issue. If the issue persists then you can open the Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features, then find the Edge browser from the list and click right mouse button and try to repair it. It may help to fix the issue.
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@Robin Stern ,
Does repairing the Edge browser help you to get your collections back? If yes, I suggest you please accept the helpful suggestion as an answer to this question. It can help other community members in the future in similar kinds of issues. Thanks for your understanding.
Thank you Deepak, I am sure that your suggestion has merit. In my case, however, the problem apparently fixed itself, for no discernible reason whatsoever! I think that it was caused by an update to Edge and then cured by another later one.
@Robin Stern ,
Thanks for posting the solution to this issue. I suggest you try to mark your own answer to this question. It can help other community members in the future in similar kinds of issues. Thanks for your understanding.
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Guys, I found a sollution, that works in my case...
I followed this path
C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Collections
and found two files:
> collectionsSQLite (many bytes)
> collectionsSQLite-journal (zero bytes)
I just renamed both, using the new name (with -journal sufix) on the original collectionsSQLite file (that has my old data).
I closed Edge e reopen it. So, magically, all my notes were back!
See ya,
Miro Leite, São Paulo, Brazil.
This is a repost of a reply I have posted on other forums:
Got tired of the Collections not showing, so took a deeper drive into Edge settings and found an E-Z solution!
First, just to beat a poor, totally exhausted horse, in Edge Settings, under Appearances / Collections button, make sure this is turned on. I assume everyone already has done this part.
Then, again in Edge Setting, select "Privacy Search and Services". Scroll down to the Services section, find the entry "Show Collections and follow content creators in Microsoft Edge", and turn it on. Also, turn on "Get notified when creators you follow post new content", if we want to once again get web-based notifications on our PC, such as from YouTube, (the Notifications option is no longer enough).
The Collections button should now appear in the banner. We can also bring up collections with Cntrl+Shift+Y.
In the back of my mind, I suspected I would find it blocked here. Finally had time to take a look. Too bad this option is not linked to the Collections option under Appearance, as I think it should be.
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Thank you! I was reviewing settings yesterday, didn't see why I'd want to follow content creators, had no idea the "Show Collections" in the same sentence would turn off MY collections. One click and it was fixed. It said I had to restart, so I clicked that, but then a second or two later I still had all my open tabs, and the Collections button.
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I ran into this issue and my resolution was more simplistic. I have two different logins associated with Edge. By default my browser logs into one but I primarily work in the other. So - just click on your photo or icon in the top right hand corner of the browser, and check to see if you are correctly logged in. This fixed it for me.