How to synchronize IE favorites to OneDrive (PowerShell)

Introduction

The goal of this script is synchronizing IE favorites to OneDrive.

Scenarios

Internet Explorer 11 can synchronize favorites in Windows 8.1. However on older system such as Windows 7, there is no such functionality. This script is to synchronize IE favorites with OneDrive.

Script

Step 1: Right click the script and select Run with PowerShell.

Step 2: Then if you have installed OneDrive and have selected the default installation, you will see the following figure.

Here are some code snippets for your reference:

If(Test-Path -Path $SkyDrive)
{
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $USFReg -Name "Favorites" -Value $SkyDriveF
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $SFReg -Name "Favorites" -Value $SkyDriveF
    Copy-Item  -Path $env:USERPROFILE\Favorites -Destination $SkyDrive -Force -Recurse
    Write-Host “Add IE favroties to OneDrive successfully. You need to restart IE to take effect."
}
Elseif(Test-path -Path $OneDrive)
{
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $USFReg -Name "Favorites" -Value $OneDriveF
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $SFReg -Name "Favorites" -Value $OneriveF
    Copy-Item -Path $env:USERPROFILE\Favorites -Destination $OneDrive -Force -Recurse 
    Write-Host “Add IE favroties to OneDrive successfully. You need to restart IE to take effect."
       
}

If(Test-Path -Path $SkyDrive) 
{ 
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $USFReg -Name "Favorites" -Value $SkyDriveF 
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $SFReg -Name "Favorites" -Value $SkyDriveF 
    Copy-Item  -Path $env:USERPROFILE\Favorites -Destination $SkyDrive -Force -Recurse 
    Write-Host â€œAdd IE favroties to OneDrive successfully. You need to restart IE to take effect." 
} 
Elseif(Test-path -Path $OneDrive) 
{ 
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $USFReg -Name "Favorites" -Value $OneDriveF 
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $SFReg -Name "Favorites" -Value $OneriveF 
    Copy-Item -Path $env:USERPROFILE\Favorites -Destination $OneDrive -Force -Recurse  
    Write-Host â€œAdd IE favroties to OneDrive successfully. You need to restart IE to take effect." 
        
} 

Prerequisite

Windows 7 or higher version

OneDrive

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