How to Uninstall/Reinstall Edge

Anonymous
2023-01-27T21:57:04+00:00

Edge keeps crashing in Windows 11. I have already tried quite a few troubleshooting steps suggested here and it's still not fixed. The last suggestion I received before reinstalling Windows is to reinstall Edge. (Not repair/reinstall from the Add/Remove Programs menu, I've already tried that). I did this but it doesn't look like it worked. When I opened Edge after the reinstall all my tabs re-opened and I just don't think the reinstall worked correctly. Is there a way to uninstall Edge completely and then reinstall it? The option is grayed out in the Remove programs menu.

Microsoft Edge | Browser crashes or stops working | Windows 11

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-17T01:05:58+00:00

    I agree 100%. Let me know and people and I in my rather large circle will take part as we are already fed up with this Spyware being forced onto us against our will. I can't count how many times I have uninstalled this malware from my machine and it comes back like something worse than herpes.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-17T01:10:59+00:00

    @Jack Lawson. A class action lawsuit may be in the works. Make sure to take part. We're not just "consumers" we are people and we have the right to not accept malware and spyware.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-03T13:38:48+00:00

    I need to fix my edge

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-30T19:08:58+00:00

    (Yeah it's an older thread) You're kidding right? You bought your COMPUTER, but when you started using Windows you clicked on the EULA. Don't like it? Switch to linux. MS can tell you to go pound sand as it is their product and you have an agreement to use it. You don't own it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-24T23:00:50+00:00

    I have attempted several times to use the method you have suggested unfortunately, it's not working here is a copy of what I typed in the Windows PowerShell after opening it at the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\126.0.2592.68\Installer

    PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\126.0.2592.68\Installer> .\setup.exe -uninstall -system-level -verbose-logging -force-uninstall

    After I hit Enter it came back with PC C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\126.0.2592.68\Installer

    When I attempt to download Edge, it says it's already installed, I'm doing something wrong?

    The reason I'm trying to uninstall Edge to reinstall it is I apparently damaged the file somehow when cleaning up some files in the registry. Currently, when Edge opens it shows this error message.

    This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

    <Application xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><VisualElements ShowNameOnSquare150x150Logo="on" Square150x150Logo="126.0.2592.68\VisualElements\Logo.png" Square70x70Logo="126.0.2592.68\VisualElements\SmallLogo.png" Square44x44Logo="126.0.2592.68\VisualElements\SmallLogo.png" ForegroundText="light" BackgroundColor="#173A73" ShortDisplayName="Edge"/></Application>

    Is there an easy way to repair this problem so that Edge opens to this link?

    Microsoft Start (msn.com)

    I have already tried in settings under the Start, Home, and new tabs "When Edge Start" to set it to the above link as the "Open the new page tab"

    that didn't work either.

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