My favourites Bar icons in Windows 11 are not coloured. How can I restore the colour.

Anonymous
2024-10-24T04:38:44+00:00

I would like to restore colour into my Favourite Bar now they are colourless.

Thank you.

Microsoft Edge | Favorites, history, and downloads | Windows 11

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

127 answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-25T13:40:47+00:00

    I have the same exact version that you indicated, and my icons are still hollow rectangles. They look like ****. Evidently Microsoft made another executive decision that angered many people!

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-25T09:40:40+00:00

    I have the same issue now as well.

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-25T06:27:17+00:00

    Temporary workaround mentioned here > https://www.windowslatest.com/2024/12/23/microsoft-edge-drops-yellow-for-folders-favourites-gets-monoline-transparent-look/

    Thanks for the tip, Ṣmeed.

    I'm on Mac and this option does indeed work by sending this command in Terminal:

    open -a "Microsoft Edge" --args --disable-features=msFavoritesMonolineFolder

    It's better than nothing, but it's obviously still just a lousy workaround. Now Edge should always be either open via Terminal or a custom script. Hopefully Microsoft listens to user feedback and will give an option to restore the normal yellow icons in the UI.

    Was this answer helpful?

    2 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T16:29:52+00:00

    So, apparently, besides adding --disable-features=msFavoritesMonolineFolder to the shortcut Target field you must also kill any and all instances of Microsoft Edge running in the Task Manager. Then clicking the shortcut seems to consistently restore the yellow folders. This seems to work in Windows 10 and 11.

    Unfortunately, the restoration is very temperamental. It only seems to last for the current session. If you close and reopen Edge, the transparent folders return.

    So, if you want the yellow folders on subsequent uses of Edge, you must repeat killing Edge in Task Manager.

    Was this answer helpful?

    2 people found this answer helpful.
    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T12:49:35+00:00

    Mine are still black.......

    Was this answer helpful?

    1 person found this answer helpful.
    0 comments