Microsoft Edge | Browser crashes or stops working | Windows 10
Troubleshooting browser crashes or performance issues on Windows 10
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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?
Microsoft Edge | Browser crashes or stops working | Windows 10
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Anonymous
2024-12-16T16:47:16+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-12-18T16:20:41+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.
I renamed this map to User Data.old and that did the trick.
When starting Edge the User Data folder will be automatically recreated.Be aware that you will be having a complete new profile, thus losing all bookmarks and stuff.
Tnx for sharing
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Anonymous
2025-01-01T20:33:49+00:00 - Press Crtl + right-click on the Edge icon.
- Select the New window option.
Opened as normal. Why? No idea!
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Anonymous
2025-01-02T00:27:06+00:00 Renaming the "User Data" to "User Data.old" has the same effect as deleting it.
I found no reason to keep the old ones. I had 6 or 7 ".old" folders and they were just taking up space.
It's important to kill any open MSEdge.exe instances in Task Manager-Details before deleting the "User Data" folder.
Edge will recreate the "User Data" folder after you re-open it, but as I suggested, you need to sync your Microsoft
and Google accounts to restore your favorites after you delete the original.
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Anonymous
2025-01-07T21:08:08+00:00 Yes this finally worked for me. Thank you!!
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.