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

Anonymous
2023-08-15T11:52:24+00:00

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?

Microsoft Edge | Browser crashes or stops working | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T16:40:01+00:00

    It sounds like you've been through quite a troubleshooting journey already! Let's try something a bit different. Have you considered reinstalling Edge altogether? If not, that might be worth a shot. Uninstall it from your system, download the latest version from the official website, and install it again. This usually resolves many unexpected issues. Give it a go and let me know how it turns out!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T17:34:54+00:00

    I had the same problem with Edge. I saw you solution and it worked for me. Thanks for the help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T17:35:15+00:00

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!! AFTER A DAY AND A HALF ITS FINALLY WORKING. COULDN'T KEEP WINDOWS OPEN LONG ENOUGH TO DO REPAIRS, TRIED COMMAND PROMPT, CLOSING EXTENSIONS, REINSTALLING APP, MODIFY AND REPAIR NOTHING WOULD WORK. SO THANK YOU!! YOUR A BLESSING!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-10T00:21:20+00:00

    Hello,

    This solution posted above worked for me! Hurray.

    I've been using Google Chrome from August 15 to today, November 9.

    Now I can go back to Edge.

    I see that lots of people have this issue, I hope to never meet it or any similar issue in the future.

    Also, as I close and then reopen Edge, I have the message "Your browser has been updated to the latest version of Edge..."

    Interesting that the updated version would not install itself prior to the posted solution being implemented.

    In any case, many thanks to ConradNerdahl for discovering it and posting to the community.

    George Smuga

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-10T03:53:25+00:00

    Misrosoft Edge Closes before it even open up everytime I try.

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