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
    2024-12-02T14:09:05+00:00

    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.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-15T05:16:26+00:00

    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!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T19:29:55+00:00

    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.

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    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.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T14:44:30+00:00

    Ether of these are accessible. They are not highlighted for edit or modify or uninstall. What next?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-10-22T22:21:16+00:00

    The modify button is greyed out eventhough I'm the only one using it.ican't use the power shell tip. And everything else proposed.

    MS really needs to re-evaluate how simplify troubleshooting and quickly resolving Edge not launching properly. I wasted too much time for no solution.

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