Can't Stop Edge from Opening at Startup

Anonymous
2021-04-05T17:07:03+00:00

I imagine this is very old news, but I thought I'd put it together, maybe Microsoft or Community can help.

I’ve got Windows 10. After an update, Microsoft Edge is now apparently permanently running at startup. Since I primarily game using the machine, the Edge startup is an annoyance, repeated now hundreds of times. I must shut off the program each time to see my background. So, I embarked on a journey to disable Edge at startup. It’s been fruitless.

I can only assume marketing elements at Microsoft said: “Let’s make Edge activate on startup to sell it. The people are sheep, and they won’t be able to not use the program, if IT’S ALWAYS THERE.”

I’ve now spent hours looking for fixes and trying to resolve this. Here’s what I tried (nothing worked):

1.

Open Task manager > Startup Tab
Look for Microsoft Edge then Disable

(Edge wasn’t listed)

2.

Press Start then search Settings
Select Accounts. >Click Sign in Options.
Scroll all the way down and turn off "Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart,"

(Turned it off, didn’t stop it)

3.

Press WIN+R to open Run
Type in shell:startup then hit Enter.
Look for Edge inside the folder then delete it.

(Edge wasn’t listed, the folder was empty)

4.

Click on start menu (Left bottom of screen) Type cmd in keyboard Command prompt option will appear. Right-click on Command Prompt. Select Run as Administrator. Then type sfc /scannow (Space before slash) there and hit enter. Let the scan be 100% and completed. Then: Again click on start menu(Left bottom of screen) Type cmd in keyboard Command prompt option will appear. Right-click on Command Prompt. Select Run as Administrator. Then type DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth (Space before all slash) Hit Enter Let the scan be 100% and completed. After that restart your pc. Then please try updating from this https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/3159635/windows-10-update-assistant link manually then again restart the pc. You will be updated.

(I may have been updated, but it didn’t help. I restarted the computer, tried all the above fixes, no help.)

(BTW, this fix was given to me by a Microsoft Help Chat agent. Funny I couldn’t find it online. Well, now you will be able to.)

(Microsoft or somebody, please tell me I’m wrong, and I don’t have to see this crappy marketing scheme play out again indefinitely.)

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Anonymous
2022-01-13T23:12:17+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
    2022-01-08T22:29:28+00:00

    Just now I went to 'uninstall a program' (in old control panel----I also HATE Windows 10 settings interface) and found 'Microsoft WebView2 Runtime', had not seen that program before.....on a whim, I uninstalled it.........it worked..... for about 5 minutes....ugh.

    Sooooo........the ultimate solution! Because you can't uninstall Edge the normal way.......thanks to Tom's Guide, Edge has been eradicated from my computer via command prompt, and a registry value added so it won't install itself again on the next windows update. It's gone, oh happy day!!!!

    https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-uninstall-microsoft-edge

    My 25 year+ love/hate relationship with Microsoft continues.....

    This is what worked for me! I tried every other solution, but I couldn't stop Edge from starting itself on startup until I force uninstalled it as described in that Tom's Guide link. Thank you for sharing!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-12-20T17:59:07+00:00

    Try this. I just did it, but no chance to try yet, I can't reboot as I am still loading a huge database into MySQL, can't reboot now ...

    https://winaero.com/disable-microsoft-edge-prelaunching-windows-10/

    https://silicophilic.com/disable-microsoft-edge/ Another one - 3 ways

    one way is same as above, but with an extra step

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-12-14T17:50:31+00:00

    I figured it but it took me so long I can't remember how I did it and still now I constantly get asked if I want to re-install it.

    The only reason I use it is because I don't want Microsoft to win.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-11-06T17:00:35+00:00

    i don't mind having edge as a backup browser. i just don't want it automatically starting every time i reboot. it's not that huge of a deal to just close it when it automatically starts on a reboot, but its annoying... it's like microsoft doesn't care about what it's customers want and then goes out of it's way to not have edge automatically open.. this is what happens when a company has a monopoly in thier business space.

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