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is it possible to disable the "Restore pages" message?
NewbUser This was bugging (pun intended) me too. I'm using Windows 10 with Edge, so YRMV, but this worked for me:
Open your browser. Click on the 3 dots all the way to the top right of the screen.
Click on "Settings"
Click "System"
At the top right, turn off "Startup Boost"
If you have an old school hard drive, this might slow down startup of your browser a bit, but if you have a SSD, probably won't notice a difference.
- FiveThumbsMay 12, 2021Copper ContributorI experience this too and my Startup Boost is not enabled. It seems simple enough to not display that message if you have the browser configured to not restore pages. This is of course different than assigning a default start page.
- aharownSep 01, 2021Copper Contributor
I have this problem also, on multiple devices. On all devices:
- Speed boost is disabled
- Tabs are set to not sync
- On startup is set to open a new tab
Is there any additional place to tell the browser not to restore pages/tabs?
(So far this is the only thing in new Edge that is seriously tempting me to return to Chrome... slowly driving me crazy.)
- FiveThumbsSep 02, 2021Copper Contributoraharown are you using shutdown.exe? I find that using this with an open Edge browser (I use -L and -F) causes the message. If you can close the browser before shutdown, the message does not seem to appear.
I have not experimented with taskkill, but that seems to be a way to close a program from the command line.
- GlobespyApr 13, 2021Copper Contributor
Alexandra-R - thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately this does not work for me.
On restart/startup this popup constantly nags until it is clicked on (closed).
Running Version 89.0.774.76 (Official build) (64-bit)
Here's how my settings look for your information: