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
    2024-07-03T04:57:42+00:00

    Force-close Edge and any open msedge.exe processes in Task Manager-Details.

    Go to this folder:

    C:\Users"your_username"\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge

    Delete the folder named "User Data".

    Restart Edge and synchronize your Microsoft and Google accounts.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-07T16:52:12+00:00

    Had the same issue of opening Microsoft Edge and closes right away. I followed same folder path:

    Go to C:\Users<USER>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions

    I then deleted all folders in "Extensions." Once I restarted Microsoft Edge, it worked perfectly. Some new folders appeared in the same folder path above once Microsoft Edge reopened.

    Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-28T16:27:12+00:00

    THIS WORKED!!! This is the only thing that worked for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-28T05:06:03+00:00

    Still getting this happening. Is very annoying cause MS tends to try to open edge for a lot of things.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-28T05:44:24+00:00

    Try my fix I posted earlier in this thread.

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