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

That's great. Good to know this.

So today I turned my laptop on and got reminded of this issue again with edge crashing.

However today this fix worked for me.

1. open in InPrivate mode, which gives a few extra seconds before crash
2. Reset the Browsers: Open the browser and click the three dots at the upper right side of your screen. Go to Settings, look for Reset Settings, and click Restore settings to their default values. This will reset your startup page, new tab page, search engine, and pinned tabs. It will also disable all extensions and clear temporary data like cookies. Your favorites, history, and saved passwords will not be cleared.

So that means reset browser settings, was more effective than browser reinstall/repair..

As seen in: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsclient/forum/all/edge-crashing-when-opening/00471739-fc48-4a72-8080-6a5407bdc976

I suddenly started having this issue today, first thing I did was try to run repair.
OS: Win11 23H2 (22631.4169)

Anytime i open edge it crashes after pageload.

I found out if i ctrl + rightclick and pick private browsing, it does not crash immidiately, and I have a short time to browse around in settings before it crashes.

In edge InPrivate-window I can type in edge://crashes/ and see a crash dumbfile is being generated every time, but cant send any as my browser manages to crash beforehand.

When i browse to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\reports I can see the crashfiles.

When i run a dumbfile trough WinDBG (dumb analyzer) 'WinDBG.exe -z "C:\mydumbfile.dmb"' and use !analyze -v I get the following end result.

link to dumbfile text -> https://justpaste.it/g2maa

Which tell me its related to msedge.dll and logs I think.

If I open the dumb file in a text viewer and scroll to the buttom, it tells me something about my gpu.

link to text: https://justpaste.it/di8e4

Updated my GFX driver, but seems to do nothing.

Im a bit at a loss atm, will have to think more about it.

Yeah- that did it, so far. Deleted the most recent dated extension which was when my problem began. Two days back from now. Lost AdBlocker somewhere along the way. No big. I can reinstall it. I think it's called a widget now. Thanks for the help!

As DAVID-M instructs ( - on August 15, 2023 ) I tried repair, modify, install and more tries - just like everyone else. NO SUCCESS. "Edge" is built in the OS. I'm not a OS programmer.

Your reference : David-M's post August 15, 2023 :---------------------------------------------------------

David-M.

Independent Advisor

Replied on August 15, 2023

Hi. I'm David, and I'm happy to help you.

Repair Microsoft Edge as instructed below:

1. Open Start and select "Settings > Apps > Apps & features";
2. Look for Microsoft Edge and select it;
3. Select the "Modify" button;
4. At the confirmation screen, select "Repair".

See if MS Edge will open stable.

Feel free to ask back any questions.