How Can I Back Up Edge Favorites?

I have done a lot of googling on this and it seems like no. The file that a lot of sites says has the favorites doesn't have anything, you have to rely on syncing your system, but the setting for syncing is greyed out because I am not using a Microsoft account or a work account. Is there anyway around this to either back up my favorites or turn syncing on, or must I abandon Edge?

I have seen several references to changing an entry in the registry to turn syncing on, but I don't know if they are current, and it seems risky.

Thanks

 

See this guide - if you haven't already - and see if the steps it gives work.
http://mywindowshub.com/backup-and-restore-microsoft-edge-favorites-in-windows-10/

 

I made renamed "favorites" as "favorites1". All my favorites were still in Edge. I deleted two of them. Then I went back to %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default
and found it had created a new "favorites". I deleted it and renamed "favorites1" as "favorites".
The two entries I deleted were still gone, suggesting the "favorites" file is not being used.

So no, I don't think this is working.

 

I just opened my copied file and it had no contents.

 

I don't use Edge but to test it I loaded about 10 sites as favourites and, sure enough, just as you found there was nothing in the folder.
Sounds another piece of evidence that Edge is not yet ready.

 

Apparently they no longer use "favorites", but "datastore" in the same directory. I copied it from one computer to another and it worked; so I think that is the answer. I appreciate your effort.