How do I stop Edge from automatically opening on start up? Windows 10 Pro 64 20H2

Anonymous
2020-11-12T00:43:35+00:00

Edge is opening EVERY TIME I REBOOT!

Insidiously it is absent from all STARTUP control systems so we CAN'T STOP it.

Does congressional investigations of unfair trade practices do nothing?

How can microsoft be so trumpianly abusive?

Microsoft Edge | Open the browser | Windows 10

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Anonymous
2022-01-13T23:24:24+00:00

Hello, 

Edge version 97.0.1072.62 contains the fix and will be installed per your regular update policies over the next day or so. If you'd like to force the update immediately, you can head over to edge://settings/help in the address bar or Settings > About Microsoft Edge and trigger the update manually.

If you've made any registry edits or GPO changes as mitigation, you can revert those after the update!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T02:50:27+00:00

    After scrolling through many pages of proposed solutions and trying several, "completing the settings..." as you describe is the one that finally worked. Thank you so much!

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T07:47:58+00:00

    Agreed

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T07:57:45+00:00

    KOH_089's solution actually works.

    Another that works is going to 

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application

    look for msedge.exe rename to msedge.exe.bak this of course disables Edge altogether. Just rename back to msedge.exe if you ever want to use Edge

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T10:50:14+00:00

    Actually, Edge doesn't handle secure PDF's properly quite often from the Government or other institutions.  The only perfect handling of PDF's is Adobe Reader. 

    Also, I have been in IT, program 30+ languages, and I can't (so far) get rid of Edge starting up.  I would uninstall it, but it's stuck in there.  I don't mind Edge BUT I can't stand stuff being forced down my throat.

    Everytime I turn around... "Windows, it's all yours!" except... it's not... because everytime I sign in, everytime there is an update, or some "security" patch... they always try and stuff a MS account down my throat, change defaults I don't want, and basically add stuff "right in my face" I don't want.

    You know how many customers hate that weather change?  They slide the mouse over it and it pops up this HUGE box right in their face.  I am smart enough to get rid of it.  They are not.  I don't mind Edge but I will never use it as long as it's crammed down my throat.  I will use Firefox or Chrome and Opera.

    I'm tired of dialogs that try and trick you *like* some phishing scam to sign in with a MS account.  With hidden cancel buttons or inobvious ways to "escape" without signing in with a MS account.

    I don't want my computer tied into the cloud.  I hate MS One Drive.  It's horribly programmed.  With hidden redirects for Pictures.  Customers complain "hey, where did my pictures go?  sometimes I have 100, sometimes I have 2,000.  What is going on?" and then you dig into it and it's all because of hidden junctions and a file system mess because they redirected Users/Pictures to One Drive/Pictures and it sometimes works... but usually it's a quirky mess like most things MS makes.

    The ONLY product I have nothing bad to say about is robocopy.  It's pretty much rock solid.  So, there... 1 compliment.  Did they buy it out off someone else?   Makes me wonder...

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