Favorites Icons Disappeared

Edge has deleted all the favicons from my saved favorites list. I've tried some solutions I found online such as simply visiting the page or going to %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default and deleting a couple of files. The idea was that Edge would be forced to recreate those files which it didn't do. I also tried deleting the cached images and files from my browser history, but that didn't work either. So what now?

I had co-pilot analyze your post and it gave a lengthy solution to the problem. It seems you are not alone. Microsoft has been rolling out a new favicon service in Edge, and it has caused disappearing favicons for some users.

I suggest you do this.
WHILE VIEWING THIS THREAD, open co-pilot and ask "edge favorites icons disappeared" You should see a detailed explanation of the cause and its solution. If need be, you can interact and copilot will diagnose your specific profile.
EDIT: Please see my second post below.

I had not noticed that my own favicons were gone until I read your thread. I used this solution that co-pilot gave.

On desktop create a shortcut with target of
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --disable-features=msEdgeFaviconService

Name it Edge test or whatever. Close your current Edge session completely. The run Edge from the icon you created. Your icons should come back (mine did)
Close that Edge session. Then open Edge the way you always do using normal Edge icon. If your favicons come back there as well, you can delete the new shortcut you made.

Thank you

Did it work for you? If not, you have to go deeper. with another solution.

Brilliant, all back as should be.

Thank You