Microsoft Edge is the shiny, new browser that’s meant to take over Internet Explorer. Fast, responsive and simple, it aspires to be your browser of choice in Windows 10. Should you decide to give it a try, you need to do a bit of transition: importing your bookmarks, customizing the settings, and more. We’ll show you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
If you made the upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and 8.1, your favorites and bookmarks from Internet Explorer should have carried over during the migration process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To import them into Edge, go to More Actions (the three-point icon) > Settings > Import Favorites From Another Browser. Tick the Internet Explorer checkbox (as well as other checkboxes of other browsers, if you want) before you click Import.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To see all the imported favorites and bookmarks, go to Hub (list icon) and then Favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You probably have a favorite website that you visit often. In that case, you may want to set it as your custom home page. Go to More Actions > Settings > View Advanced Settings. Switch on the Show The Home Button toggle, and type the URL of your favorite website in the text field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go to More Actions > Settings. Click on the Open New Tabs With listbox. You have three options for your new tabs. You can opt to display thumbnails of your top sites (i.e., your frequently visited sites), your top sites plus some suggested content, or just a blank page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just as Microsoft made Edge the default browser of Windows 10, it set Bing as the default search engine. Bing is nice and all, but most people probably prefer something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To make a different search engine as the default, go to More Actions > Settings > View Advanced Settings. Scroll down, click the Search In the Address Bar With listbox, select another search engine, and click the Add As Default button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n