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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
use246
May 29, 2021Copper Contributor
Microsoft has dictated to us unless you have the bing search as default then they will not allow the pages of your choice to open at startup. If they do not reverse this tyrannical policy then bye bye Edge for me.