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*UPDATED* Dev channel update to 88.0.705.9 is live
josh_bodner Is it just me who gets the "Restore pages" dialogue box every time Edge is opened after starting the PC? Edge does not crash but it still shows this dialogue box on every first run after starting the PC. Been happening since the previous one or two updates.
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.
foo_bar Are you closing Edge before restarting the computer? If not, then that's intentional, since we got lots of complaints that Windows Updates were restarting peoples' computers and losing their Edge tabs in the process. If you are, this may be a crash when closing Edge. We fixed a couple of those in today's Dev update.
josh_bodner , that is not the correct solution. There is a setting in edge to do just that 'Continue where you left off'.
The option that I selected is open a set of pages, you may ask me once to restore pages but that popup should have a checkbox 'do not ask me again'. Worst case scenario I had to open the setting and find an option there to turn this popup of.
I'm flabbergasted that this is by design, this breaks the cardinal rule of creating usable software: paint it on the walls of your office, above your bed, on the inside of your eyelids,....
A FEATURE THAT CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF IS A BUG
So don't intentionally add annoying popups that can't be turned off!
josh_bodner wrote:foo_bar Are you closing Edge before restarting the computer?
josh_bodner Yes, I close Edge, and all other programs, every time before shutting Windows down. Fast startup is enabled, btw.
josh_bodner wrote:foo_bar If you are, this may be a crash when closing Edge. We fixed a couple of those in today's Dev update.
Okay. Just fyi, I'm getting that 'Restore pages' dialogue box again after updating to Dev version 89.
foo_bar I suspect this is happening because of Edge's fast startup feature where closing Edge causes it to re-launch in the background so the next startup will be faster. One way to confirm would be to close Edge, then look in Task Manager to see if there are still any Edge processes hanging around. If so, killing them and then restarting the computer will prevent this message, I suspect. Either way, this shouldn't be happening though, so I'll let the team know.
