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

RG_069, did you disable "Startup Boost" in addition to the work VoxOptimatiom described above (adding "--disable-features=msFavoritesMonolineFolder" to the Edge shortcut command)?

Appreciate the tip, but it did not work for me, thanks

Did you try going into "Settings -> System and Performance" and disabling "Startup boost", and then reboot? That resolved the issue with monoline folders coming back after closing Edge and reopening for me.

BHurls approach didn't work for me, but here's an approach that while not the full Promised Land, at least provides me with yellow Edge favorite folders when I first boot up in the morning.

1. Insert the "--disable-features=msFavoritesMonolineFolder" command in the target line of the Edge shorcut that's discussed several times throughout this thread (be sure to include a space after the preceding "exe.")
2. In Windows (a correction from previous "Edge"), go to Settings > Apps > Startup, and deselect Microsoft Edge.
3. CTRL + ALT + DEL to get to Task Manager, then stop "Microsoft Edge" (don't worry about "Microsoft Edge Update").
4. Reboot. For me, the favorite folders are all yellow when my system first fires up. I have an upper end Lenovo desktop running the lastest version of Windows 11 as of 2/20/25.
5. That's the good news. The bad news? As soon as you close out Edge and then reopen it, the blasted monoline folders reappear.
6. What I do is open a separate Edge window at the outset, then minimize it and leave it running, so that even when I close the Edge window(s) I'm using for productivity, the folders remain yellow.

Did not work for me.