Microsoft Edge closes immediately upon opening. I've tried many fixes none work.

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Yesterday, I wanted to clean up my favorites in Edge (remove duplicates, remove obsolete links). In the midst of this, Edge closed without warning or error message. When I restarted Edge, it closed immediately. I could not select the three dots in the top right. It closed too quickly.

I found several possible solutions including tools in the Settings/Apps menu, other fixes involving removing and then reinstituting the %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe directory

None of these fixes worked.

When I restart Edge, it closes immediately.

How can I get it to work properly?

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Anonymous

2024-03-29T05:26:36+00:00

It turned out that my antivirus had edge has an "ad" and basically close it as soon as it opened. I was using 360 total security.
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Anonymous

2024-03-29T04:45:23+00:00

Good thanks, it's working now
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Anonymous

2024-03-29T04:40:41+00:00

same issue after deleting
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Anonymous

2024-03-07T03:57:37+00:00
So,

Before it closes, grab the window and drag it for a second (like if moving it to another screen). That stopped it from closing.
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