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?

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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
    2022-01-12T14:20:44+00:00

    Only way to fix it at the moment:

    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\Commands\on-logon-autolaunch

    AutoRunOnLogon = 0

    Thanks to xsawa

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-01-12T07:38:46+00:00

    Getting absolutely sick of scripted pro-forma replies that offer no help. Most advice on these pages is completely useless.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-11T20:09:20+00:00

    This started for me this morning - very annoying !

    I eventually stopped it by disabling a couple of scheduled update tasks.

    1. Open Task Scheduler
    2. Click on the first Tab > Task Scheduler Library
    3. Disable MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore
    4. Disable MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineUA

    Reboot and hopefully the problem is stopped.

    Edge works normally but you will need to do a manual update every now and then. Or re-enable the tasks and reboot to get back to auto update but with a return of the problem.

    I had this problem in Windows 11 recently. This worked for me.

    I don't consider it an ideal solution, but it is at least a workaround until Microsoft fixes this.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-24T18:03:09+00:00

    I blocked Edge in my firewall settings and now my default browser opens any Microsoft links I click on. Even the ones in settings.

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