Web Select Option Gone After Recent Edge Update

Anonymous
2023-06-04T16:11:02+00:00

MS Edge Version: 114.0.1823.37

For some reason, I no longer have the Web Select option in the right-click context menu. I still have Web Capture, but Web Select is no longer there. Did MS remove this feature, or is it a bug?

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-08T15:09:04+00:00

    Hmmm
    I'm using the exact same version of Edge.

    Try this - open PowerShell ISE, click the New File button, paste this in:

    Get-Process -ProcessName msedge | Stop-Process



Get-Process -ProcessName msedgewebview2 | Stop-Process



Start-Sleep -Seconds 2



Start-Process "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" -ArgumentList '--profile-directory=Default','--enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect'

    Click the green Run button or press F5

    Should kill all running Edge and start an instance with working Web Select, tested working on my PC anyway.

    Thank you, the script worked for me

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-16T14:07:13+00:00

    Hmmm
    I'm using the exact same version of Edge.

    Try this - open PowerShell ISE, click the New File button, paste this in:

    Get-Process -ProcessName msedge | Stop-Process

Get-Process -ProcessName msedgewebview2 | Stop-Process

Start-Sleep -Seconds 2

Start-Process "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" -ArgumentList '--profile-directory=Default','--enable-features=msEdgeAreaSelect'

    Click the green Run button or press F5

    Should kill all running Edge and start an instance with working Web Select, tested working on my PC anyway.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-09-15T12:27:26+00:00

    the reason people relied on web select, was the select part, you create a rectangle and copy that it highlighted, the rest can't do that

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-14T12:11:16+00:00

    Same for me, i use it all the time at work, now there is no reason to keep using edge

    I migrated to Edge when I discovered this feature and the time saver I became to heavily rely upon. Very frustrating.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-09-13T13:45:10+00:00

    Hi Darren,

    thanks a lot for your reply.

    Unfortunately, like AamitM reports below, the web select was present on Beta version only the first time I opened it after installation.

    I was told to reset the pc and install Windows 10 instead of the current Windows 11. I am not sure if this could be a viable solution in the long term, as I do not know the advantages of Windows 11 compared to the 10 one. Could I do it by myself, or is it better to rely on an IT shop?

    Somebody suggested that Chromium may have the web select tool, but I was not able to see it.

    What I really cannot understand is how may Edge versions kept the web select under web capture, and some did not. Feedback tool does not seem to be a swift solution as I haven't received any answers from the team yet.

    Anyways, the real trouble is that I need Web select for work and I really striving without it.

    LaFlor

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