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cyberawm
May 04, 2023Brass Contributor
Edge canary 115.0.1834.0 crashes on opening
My canary version 115.0.1834.0 crashes when opened, everytime. I have windows 10. When i rename the User Data folder to something else, the edge runs perfectly but without my user data ğŸ˜. T...
- May 07, 2023After experimenting with each and every file in the User Data folder, I found the solution.
Here's how-
1. Close the edge
2. Delete this file
"C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge SxS\User Data\Default\Preferences"
You can find the 'Preferences' file in "C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge SxS\User Data\Default\"
And then delete it
3. Start the edge, only some of your settings along with the sign in will only be deleted 😄
4. Be happy
NXTwoThou
May 04, 2023Iron Contributor
FYI, exact same with Edge Canary v115.0.1834.0 on Windows 11 Pro 25352.1. I had attempted uninstall and reinstall with same results. Renamed user folder and it loads. Have no intention of losing information so renamed back and will await next build.
They really need to separate Submit Feedback into a different process so when issues like this exist, we can report/record what's going on. Edge actually works for a few seconds, so I can paste edge://crashes in the address bar and see them and it says "reported" on older reports so hopefully they are getting some useful data. But it would make far more sense to keep the existing menu option for submit feedback that loads an external software and create a shortcut to launch it if you can't get that far.
They really need to separate Submit Feedback into a different process so when issues like this exist, we can report/record what's going on. Edge actually works for a few seconds, so I can paste edge://crashes in the address bar and see them and it says "reported" on older reports so hopefully they are getting some useful data. But it would make far more sense to keep the existing menu option for submit feedback that loads an external software and create a shortcut to launch it if you can't get that far.
mcevoys
May 04, 2023Copper Contributor
NXTwoThou Same here on Win 11 22624.1680
Reverted back to standard edge in hopes it'll get resolved someday
- NXTwoThouMay 04, 2023Iron Contributorv115.0.1835.0 stays loading longer, but still crashes.
- NXTwoThouMay 04, 2023Iron Contributor
Here's a quicky recording of how long it stays running along with seeing some of the report IDs in case anyone at MS actually looks at these things.  I kept trying to go to About to see the version number but couldn't get it to stay open that long.