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
    2023-11-08T19:43:08+00:00

    This worked for me, though reading down through all the subsequent comments where people are saying that it didn't work for them has me concerned.

    Microsoft need to address this problem. We've all had overnight updates and we've all had Edge crashes thereafter. What's the common factor? Microsoft.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-08T20:29:25+00:00

    This worked for me. Thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-08T23:11:37+00:00

    Did not fix the issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T02:17:10+00:00

    Sorry to hear that; We can only hope that Microsoft addresses this issue as it only surfaced after a recent update.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T04:25:39+00:00

    Thank God that i came across this answer after 2 days of trial and error from online solutions

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