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I have upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 Home. But I can't find the Microsoft Edge web browser.
Does anyone know where it is located, or do I need to install it?
Update: I could find MicrosoftEdge.exe at C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe. But when I click on it, it doesn't run.
Naman Gala
Posted 2015-08-04T10:37:32.660
Reputation: 753
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Microsoft Edge should be in the taskbar. It is the blue 'e' icon.
If you do not have that or have unpinned it, you just need to repin it. Unfortunately the MicrosoftEdge.exe can not be run by double clicking and creating a normal shortcut will not work. You may have found it at this location.
What you need to do is just search for Edge in the Start menu or search bar. Once you see Microsoft Edge, right click on it and Pin to taskbar.
MC10
Posted 2015-08-04T10:37:32.660
Reputation: 7 590
There is a way to create a shortcut to Edge. Yanzzee below has what should be the correct answer. – Ed DeGagne – 2016-12-09T19:34:17.087
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Make a new shortcut for it
Correct link is:
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge
Then add it's icon from its own .exe if you don't like the default look.
%windir%\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe
Overmind
Posted 2015-08-04T10:37:32.660
Reputation: 8 562
This is great. Is there anyway to pin an incognito version (private mode) to the taskbar? – Brad Bamford – 2015-08-05T18:34:12.003
Browsers can start in that mode with a specific parameter (Opera -newprivatetab, IE -private, Chrome -incognito). According to MS -private should work for Edge, but we'll have to test this. – Overmind – 2015-08-06T06:55:56.200
Where do you see Microsoft suggesting -private will work for edge? Even so, how could that be passed via "explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder\Micr.... " which is the only known way to create a shortcut? – Brad Bamford – 2015-08-07T21:48:11.383
It's on their page. – Overmind – 2015-08-12T05:42:51.083
2Thanks, but "it's on their page" isn't helpful. I submit there's no currently known way to add a -private or any parameters to an Edge shortcut at this time. You can launch a site using "microsoft-edge:www.cnn.com" Or "%windir%\explorer.exe microsoft-edge:www.cnn.com" but I've found no way to add -private parameter. – Brad Bamford – 2015-08-12T14:59:53.133
+1 This worked great to get a shortcut. Is there anyway to open a specific web page this way? I've done it in the past with IE by adding the URL after the shortcut Target, but in this case that just opens up a file explorer window. – Kurt E. Clothier – 2018-03-21T13:27:25.530
Edge works differently. For a specific page you can use the start command: start microsoft-edge:http://www.msn.com - this will open msn-dot-com.
– Overmind – 2018-03-22T20:31:51.280Using cmd in the shortcut, you can start an private mode window, but you will see the cmd window for a very short time during startup: %windir%\System32\cmd.exe /c start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge -private – wimh – 2018-06-28T09:56:00.817
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To create a new shortcut from the existing shortcut file, you can also enter this path into file explorer:
shell:Appsfolder
Scroll to Microsoft Edge, then and drag or right click to create a new shortcut. I used this method to put Edge in the startup folder.
Yanzzee
Posted 2015-08-04T10:37:32.660
Reputation: 413
the shortcut is exactly the same as in @Overmind's answer – maoizm – 2017-04-26T12:40:13.520
1That's fair. However I'd rather use the GUI to create a GUI shortcut than the command line to create a GUI shortcut. – Yanzzee – 2017-05-01T21:48:53.863
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You can launch Microsoft Edge in private mode by using this AutoHotkey-script:
^P::
Run %windir%\explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge
Sleep 1000
Send ^+P
Return
Albert van Leeuwen
Posted 2015-08-04T10:37:32.660
Reputation: 51
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The Open With addon needs the command line to have the %s so that the currently open site gets launched in Edge.
C:\Windows\explorer.exe "microsoft-edge:%s"
Shiyaz
Posted 2015-08-04T10:37:32.660
Reputation: 129
Where are you from? Do you perhaps have a K or N edition? – Daniel B – 2015-08-04T10:49:40.510
@DanielB, I am from India and I have windows 10 Home edition – Naman Gala – 2015-08-04T10:56:10.007
3The MicrosoftEdge.exe cannot be run like other programs. If you do not have the Microsoft Edge shortcut in the taskbar, search for it in the search bar or start menu. Then pin it to the taskbar. – MC10 – 2015-08-04T11:07:39.723
How sure are you that the edge browser is not being run when you click the Internet Explorer like icon on your task bar? I believe it should be the default browser rather than the old IE. – Mokubai – 2015-08-04T11:24:25.510
@MC10, thanks. I followed your instruction and I could run Microsoft Edge. Before also I searched in search bar, but I did not find it. But now I unpin MicrosoftEdge.exe from start menu which I pinned previously and search for it in search bar. And now it is running. – Naman Gala – 2015-08-04T11:26:14.823
@Mokubai, It was not running. I tried running internet explorer and it was running but it was not edge browser. By the way I got it running now. Thanks – Naman Gala – 2015-08-04T11:27:27.740
@NamanGala Sounds good, glad you could get it working. – MC10 – 2015-08-04T11:29:49.563
"I have located the MicrosoftEdge.exe but it is not running when I am clicking on it." Congratulations! You have found it! But if you can't run it, then perhaps you should change the title of the question. Also, have you tried turning it off and on again? If you were too eager to start testing your new Windows and Edge, you might want to try a reboot first, after completing the upgrade. That might be helpful. – Samir – 2015-08-04T11:40:03.573
@sammyg that (reboot) I tried earlier but it did not change anything. And also I have updated my question. – Naman Gala – 2015-08-04T11:41:57.070
Win+R > microsoft-edge:https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge or Win+R > microsoft-edge:
– Ashish Singh – 2017-02-24T18:57:13.2372anyone have a clue why MS insists on making its own executables hard to find? i am just trying to open a PDF with Edge, but it's not on the suggested apps list for some reason and without a path, it's hard to browse for it. They do the same with Office and a whole of other stuff, totally, utterly, pointless. – JL Peyret – 2017-08-01T21:08:46.320