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NewbUser
Copper Contributor
Dec 13, 2020

is it possible to disable the "Restore pages" message?

Edge boots with a restore pages message constantly, which doesn't go away unless you click on it.   There seem to be many options to disable it on chrome and chromium, but haven't found any that wo...
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jjschweigert
Copper Contributor
Nov 08, 2021

NewbUser from reading this post it looks like there is not a baked in setting to do this or even a reg hack. However here is some powershell code I found that will close all edge processes, including open windows, gracefully. By gracefully I mean once the windows close and I reopen them I do not see the restore pages prompt. Also I tested this with Close-Process in powershell and found that the restore pages prompt still appears on reopening edge.

 

$edgeProcesses = Get-Process msedge -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

if($edgeProcesses.Count -le 0)
{
    Write-Verbose -Verbose "No edge processes were found"
    #exit
}

while($edgeProcesses.Count -gt 0)
{
    foreach($process in $edgeProcesses)
    {
        $process.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null
    }

    $edgeProcesses = Get-Process msedge -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}

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