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Pin a Website Shortcut to the Windows 10 Start Menu

Last Updated on: May 7, 2021 by Ramesh

If you’ve been using desktop shortcuts to open your favorite websites, you can instead pin those websites to the Windows 10 Start menu to make your desktop clutter-free.

Moreover, pinning websites to the Start screen helps you get to those sites quickly especially when your Windows 10 device is in Tablet mode, where the Start screen occupies the full screen, covering your desktop. You can pin website shortcuts to the Windows 10 Start screen using Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Firefox.Read more

Microsoft Edge Copy Title and URL of a Web Page [Bookmarklet]

Last Updated on: December 7, 2020 by Ramesh

microsoft edge chromium - copy title and url

There are several third-party extensions out there to copy webpage title and address, for browsers like Chrome, Firefox and others. Here is a neat trick to add your own Copy Title & URL bookmarklet for Microsoft Edge.Read more

[Microsoft Edge] Set Google as the Default Search Engine

Last Updated on: December 7, 2020 by Ramesh

Microsoft Edge by default uses Bing search when you search from the address bar. If you want to change the default search engine/provider in Edge, you can do so via Edge’s settings.Read more

Create Website Shortcuts (.URL) that Open in Edge

Last Updated on: April 29, 2021 by Ramesh

This page lists some of the command-line switches for the new Microsoft Edge (chromium) browser.
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How to Delete All Your Microsoft Edge Favorites?

Last Updated on: December 7, 2020 by Ramesh

This post tells you how to delete all the bookmarks or favorites in the Microsoft Edge web browser.

Instructions for Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser

In the new Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser, here is how to delete your entire bookmarks/favorites:

Method 1:

Open Microsoft Edge
Click on the “Settings and More” icon (the icon showing three dots), click Favorites, Manage Favorites.
(Alternatively, you can launch the address edge://favorites/ directly to open the Manage Favorites dialog.)
Click on an item in the right panel to set the focus on it.
Press Ctrl+A keys to select all bookmarks.
Click on the Delete button that appears above.

Method 2:

Open Microsoft Edge and open the following link:
```
edge://version/
```
Note down the Profile path. For example, it may be something like:
```
C:\Users\ramesh\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default
```
Close all instances of Microsoft Edge
Open the profile path in File Explorer
Delete or rename the file named Bookmarks. This file contains your entire favorites.

This removes all the bookmarks (for that particular profile) in Microsoft Edge Chromium.

Instructions for the old Microsoft Edge browser

The old Microsoft Edge browser doesn’t provide an option to bulk delete favorites, but you can clear all your favorites by deleting the spartan.edb file in Edge’s store folder for your user profile. Here is how to do that.Read more

[Fix] PDF Thumbnail and Preview Not Showing Up in File Explorer

Last Updated on: August 25, 2022 by Ramesh

pdf thumbnail and preview using microsoft powertoys

In your Windows computer, File Explorer may not display PDF thumbnails, and instead, show only the default icon assigned for PDF files. This might happen even if you have the option Always show icons, never thumbnails unchecked in the View tab of the Folder Options dialog.

Also, in Microsoft Outlook you’ll see the error when viewing emails that contain PDF file attachments:

The file cannot be previewed because there is no previewer installed for it

This article tells you how to enable PDF thumbnails as well as the PDF preview capability (for the Preview pane) in File Explorer and Microsoft Outlook. The first method (PowerToys) works whether or not you’re using a third-party PDF viewer (e.g., Adobe PDF Reader or Foxit Reader).