Can I "restore tabs" in Microsoft Edge from another user's profile?

Question

I had a new User Profile created for me, with the old User Profile still available and readable by me.

I am a bit hesitant about doing a "rough" Edge user data migration, of just copying the relevant folders under AppData (although perhaps I shouldn't be?) - but it is important to me to get the tabs which were open in the Edge windows last time I logged on to the old profile.

Is it possible to "restore" those tabs in my new profile's instance of Edge? If not, is it possible to at least extract their URLs into a text file?

Additional info:

• I have the previous profile's credentials.
• My profile is an Administrator.
• Windows version: Windows 10 Enterprise 10.0.19045.4170
• The reason for the new profile creation is some kind of OS refresh/update and/or change of Domain - due to corporate procedure, not some technical problem.

Answer 1

Edge stores open tabs within one or more Tabs_<arbitrary #> file(s) located at:

# See #4 for Old User's %LocalAppData% path
  "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Sessions\Tabs_<arbitrary #>"

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To restore the old User Profile's Edge tabs for the current user, copy the Tabs_<arbitrary #> file(s) from the old User Profile to the new one:

1. Open a Terminal: +R → Open: powershell → OK
2. Close Microsoft Edge, then ensure no instances remain open:

   TaskKill /im "msedge.exe" /f
   

3. Rename current Edge profile's Tabs_<arbitrary #> file(s) to Tabs-<#>.old:

   Ren "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Sessions\Tabs" "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Sessions\Tabs-<#>.old"
   

   • With cursor at the end of ..\Tabs, double press Tab to auto-complete numerical portion of the file name, repeating until no more Tabs_<arbitrary #> file(s) exist
     
     
4. Copy old User Profile's Edge profile's Tabs_<arbitrary #> file(s) to new user's:

   Xcopy "C:\Users\<OldUser>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Sessions\Tabs*" "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Sessions\"
   

5. Open Edge
   
   

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To restore the old User Profile's Edge profile for the current user, copy the Edge profile's User Data directory from the old User Profile, instead of only the Tabs_<arbitrary #> file(s):

1. Close Microsoft Edge, then ensure no instances remain open:

   TaskKill /im "msedge.exe" /f
   

2. Rename current Edge profile's User Data directory to User Data.old:

   Ren "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\Edge\User Data.old"
   

3. Copy old user's Edge profile's User Data directory to new user:

   RoboCopy "C:\Users\<OldUser>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" "$env:LocalAppData\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" /e /eta /v
   

4. Open Edge