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dosi70
May 28, 2021Copper Contributor
Google home page not opening on start up of Edge
Hey, new to the forums, for some reason as of yesterday, when I start up Edge, I get a Microsoft home page even though I have Google.com as my home page and start up page. how do i stop this from hap...
- May 29, 2021
dosi70 There are two workarounds you can try:
Workaround 1: Change your search-provider to Bing
In the Address Bar, go to edge://settings/searchEngines and then click the "..." at the end of the Bing option and choose "Make default". Close all Edge windows. Next time you open a new Edge window, your startup-page should be working again.
Workaround 2: Add the site(s) into the shortcut for Edge (applies to Windows users only)
Find a shortcut to the Edge browser (for example, on your desktop), then right-click it and choose "Properties". In the Target box, right at the end (after msedge.exe") leave a single space, and then type the web-address you want Edge to start with. Click OK, and use that shortcut now to launch Edge.
NOTE: if you want Edge to load more-than one site when it starts, just leave a single space between each website address, for example:
msedge.exe" https://www.google.co.uk https://www.bbc.co.uk
Schnittlauch
May 28, 2021Steel Contributor
Hi dosi70 ,
Please make sure, that on picture 3 > "manage search engines" all sites exept google are deleted.
Also check that the adress is written right.
Best regards,
Schnittlauch
"First, No system is safe. Second, Aim for the impossible. Third no Backup, no Mercy" - Schnittlauch
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Please make sure, that on picture 3 > "manage search engines" all sites exept google are deleted.
Also check that the adress is written right.
Best regards,
Schnittlauch
"First, No system is safe. Second, Aim for the impossible. Third no Backup, no Mercy" - Schnittlauch
My answer helped you? Don't forget to leave a like. Also mark the answer as solved when your problem is solved. 🙂
- prdataMar 15, 2023Copper Contributor
I resolved this, kind of.
Go to "settings", " Privacy search and services" scroll to the bottom and the last item is "address bar and search", "search engine used in the address bar", change it to google.
It still comes up as the microsoft startup page but if you type in the address bar it returns google results.
- Joerg_BaermannMar 15, 2023Brass Contributor
Just use the Edge Extension named Custom New Tab URL
- 5CatsMay 29, 2021Copper Contributor
The problem is (for me too!) that there's NO more 'Homepage' except the one they've chosen for us.
No amount of resetting or configuring can get mutts.com to open with Edge upon startup.
It happened quite suddenly, around Noon May 29. Worked in the morning I think?
EDIT:
dftf-wip (below) offers a solution that works for me: (It still opens the Start Tab, but separately)
Find a shortcut to the Edge browser (for example, on your desktop), then right-click it and choose "Properties". In the Target box, right at the end (after msedge.exe") leave a single space, and then type the web-address you want Edge to start with. Click OK, and use that shortcut now to launch Edge.