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ZahalkaBence
Apr 09, 2025Copper Contributor
Microsoft Edge - Welcome screen vs. don't show policy
Hi, We have a GPO that disables the Edge welcome screen (sets the SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge key's HideFirstRunExperience variable to 1). On some of our PC's when the user try to run Edge, the...
rgrisi
Apr 10, 2025Brass Contributor
To resolve the issue, first end all Edge tasks. Next, navigate to appdata\local\Microsoft\Edge and delete the "User Data" folder. Afterward, restart Edge and log back into your profile to resolve the issue.
ZahalkaBence
Apr 11, 2025Copper Contributor
This is not a solution. This thing happens on a newly installed PC as well. This happens on newly created Windows profile as well. The only solution so far to disable the policy on these Windwos machines and do that few clicks on the welcome screen.