Chromium & Chrome Will Not Save Passwords After 2004 Update

Anonymous
2020-06-15T20:37:45+00:00

Edge Chromium will not save passwords I have imported from Firefox after the 2004 update and that goes for Chrome as well. They are removed after a restart, or wake from sleep and now I have discovered that after I import passwords from Firefox and I verify they are there then close Edge wait several minutes then open it they are removed again.  This is ridiculous to have to deal with and it did not happen until I installed the buggy 2004 update. Thank god my Firefox was not screwed up with this update.

Update: The only resolution I have found to solve this problem was to make a new admin user profile for myself on my desktop computer and I made a new admin user profile for my wife on her laptop. Once I did this the problem with Edge not showing passwords that I had imported from my Firefox browser was solved. I now do not need to sign in to my MS account in Edge to see or use my saved passwords. I have since uninstalled Google Chrome from my browser as I see no need to clutter my computer with two chromium browsers. I use Firefox as my default browser and Edge as my backup browser.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-22T17:56:52+00:00

    this only fixes for about 12 hours, please come up with a real fix.  Any other Ideas?

    Well Tom it looks as if the only way you will be able to see or use your saved passwords in either Chrome or Edge Chromium is to sign in to your Google account for Chrome or your MS account  for Edge and make sure you have sync turned on in order to see and use them. I have not heard of anything that this will change or being worked on where you do not need to sign in to use saved passwords. I feel this is a way for MS and Google to track what you are doing on those browsers and gather data on the user. I also feel that it is a security problem since the privacy of saved passwords for sites is suppose to be secure. I have filed a bug with MS Feed Back Hub and of course I have heard nothing. If the situation we are using now changes then I will be very surprised. This is why I will always keep Firefox as my default browser as I do not have to sign in to my Firefox account to use my saved passwords and Firefox is very security minded. My backup browser is Ice Dragon 64 bit which is based on Firefox platform including security and TOR browser. If I hear anything I will let you know.

    Cheers,

    Don

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-22T12:05:47+00:00

    this only fixes for about 12 hours, please come up with a real fix.  Any other Ideas?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-06-19T18:39:31+00:00

    Edge Chromium will not save passwords I have imported from Firefox after the 2004 update and that goes for Chrome as well. They are removed after a restart, or wake from sleep and now I have discovered that after I import passwords from Firefox and I verify they are there then close Edge wait several minutes then open it they are removed again.  This is ridiculous to have to deal with and it did not happen until I installed the disastrous 2004 update. Thank god my Firefox was not screwed up with this update.

     This may be good news. I was reading over in MS forums and found this in a discussion thread there  https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftedge/forum/all/i-cant-find-my-favorites-after-i-installed-the-new/1d8bd70d-2a2a-4523-837c-866533e2694f?tm=1592574379662 . I figured if this could be used for for imports from Edge Legacy I could use this for imports from Firefox. I used Number 4 which says:

    Method 4: Delete the Edge User Data folder

    (Warning: This method will not work if you installed the new Microsoft Edge from Windows Update.)  If you installed the new Microsoft Edge manually from the download site, then you can force a re-import of all of the browser data from Microsoft Edge Legacy by deleting your User Data folder.

    1.       Close all instances of Microsoft Edge.

    2.       In File Explorer, navigate to C:\ > Users > [username] > AppData > Local > Microsoft > Edge.

    3.       Delete the User Data folder.

    4.       Open Microsoft Edge.

    5.       Proceed through the onboarding experience.

    6.       Check your favorites by selecting Settings and More (...) > Favorites > Manage favorites > Other favorites.

    I did just what it said. When I clicked on Edge like it said do the onboarding experience I made sure I was signed in to Edge with my MS account and also that Syncing was turned on before I went through the set up and imported my passwords from Firefox. So far the passwords lasted through several sleep wake ups and a restart. I have seen the if you sign out of your Edge account your passwords will go away but if your sign in and turn on sync they will appear. If you do not see your password after you sign in to your edge account then go to your edge profile and verify it as this seems to be a security thing now. Good luck.

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