Restore Previous open tabs after Windows Update

OK, folks. Let's get real.

If you are with Microsoft, or on the EDGE team..., all the suggestions here miss the point.

The "simplicity" with which Google Chrome has solved this issue for MULTIPLE browser windows is absolutely missing in Microsoft Edge. Duh..., Why hasn't anyone from Microsoft support admitted to this horrible flaw, and omission?

While the question posed is good, and clear, the issue is that there's no way to restore previous tabs in one click, after a reboot. OR AFTER ANY CLOSE of a Browser window -- AND it is a critical need to do so for MULTIPLE Edge windows each with their own set of TAB configurations.

And NO, we don't want to have to SAVE a tab configuration them every time we open or close a tab..., why? because they are dynamic in today's cloud-based work environment..., AND, because EDGE (apparently) is flawed, and DOES NOT SAVE THE LAST TAB CONFIGURATION in a dynamic "save" list of the current set of tabs.

OK, we all know it's built on Google's Chromium. And, well, the simple investigation that the Microsoft Support people here have not done is to compare it to Chrome..., which, by the way, is why we are asking for this problem to be solved..., That is to say, it IS SOLVED IN GOOGLE CHROME.

HERE is what people are asking for: Screen shot below of Chrome's "last tabs" option in History from the same three dot menu in the upper right of the browser window. Google Chrome, upon exit or termination, in this case/example has always already saved the 5 tabs and 3 tabs of TWO CHROME BROWSER WINDOWS/SESSIONS..., If the example had 3 windows open, it would have offered that restore as well. All the user has to do is click "5 tabs" and a new browser window opens with precisely what was in the tabs before the browser window was closed (by accidentally clicking the red "X" of the browser window, or a reboot after update or for ANY reason).

Google Chrome got it right, EDGE FAILES TO DO THIS..., so ALL attempts to restore require tab by tab reopening..., tedious-yes, ridiculous-yes, poor design and lack of looking at how people actually work and use the browser? YES!!!

i think this is by design - now when ever the New Edge crashes 2 or 3 times per week, it loses all your open tabs, history and settings. This allows you to start all over from fresh without having to worry about whatever you were doing before.

Actually putting in a working session manager into Edge like all other browsers have would be too much work and make it even more unstable.

Hi, my name is Talita. I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I'll be glad help you today.

Please see if you find the options for this method:

In Edge look for "Settings", click in the field below "Open Microsoft Edge with". In the list that appears, choose the "Previous pages" option.

The goal is that when starting Edge it will show the same tabs that you were viewing before closing it and will be able to continue what you were doing.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Sincerely

Talita C.

The instructions you were given are for a different program, the original version of Microsoft Edge which has now reached end-of-support and which will be removed automatically next month.

To find the setting you need, click ⋯ (Settings and more) > Settings > On start-up and select Continue where you left off.

An unscheduled reboot of Windows 10 to install updates has deleted all of my open tabs in Edge Chromium. 

This infuriating behaviour has allegedly been fixed. The release notes for Dev channel update to 92.0.891.1 include this passage:

• Fixed an issue where tabs sometimes aren’t restored after the browser is forcibly closed by a Windows Update-initiated machine restart.

While fixes like this are sometimes ported to all channels (Canary, Dev, Beta and Stable), many of them have to go through the testing phases before they reach the Stable version. You may have to wait a few weeks to enjoy it.