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Strubi99
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Aug 17, 2022

Edge Beta / Dev / Canary not starting

As of this morning Edge Beta stopped working: if I double click on the icon nothing happens. I tried intalling Dev and Canary but the same thing happens. Only the stable edition keeps working. I'm...
  • bjmelchers's avatar
    bjmelchers
    Sep 02, 2022
    FIXED!!
    I scanned the registry for 'MetricsReportingEnabled'. It appeared on my PC under Edge two times.
    1. [Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\]
    2. [Computer\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3783096567-2060243791-1526209860-
    1001\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\]
    Deleted both and now I'm happy again.
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josh_bodner
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Sep 02, 2022
They very much have! All of the dumps seem to be crashing when trying to read a particular registry key. Can you (and anybody else with this issue) try deleting the MetricsReportingEnabled DWORD under

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\

and see if that fixes it?
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bjmelchers
Copper Contributor
Sep 02, 2022
FIXED!!
I scanned the registry for 'MetricsReportingEnabled'. It appeared on my PC under Edge two times.
1. [Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\]
2. [Computer\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3783096567-2060243791-1526209860-
1001\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\]
Deleted both and now I'm happy again.
  • Strubi99's avatar
    Strubi99
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 02, 2022
    Worked for me too! Found the key in two places. (but not in the one first suggested)
  • Effigee's avatar
    Effigee
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 02, 2022
    Tried this and it worked for me. Thank you

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