Edge 125.0.2535.15 closes immediately on launch

[DougDaniel_BD]

We have a at least 3 people who got Edge 125.0.2535.13 installed this morning and can no longer run Edge.  It closes immediately after launching.

Some things that have not helped 

*  delete user localappdata\microsoft\edge\userdata

*  log in as another user

*  repair edge

* reboot

[#2]

Hello @DougDaniel_BD 

I'm an IT engineer and I've noticed the same problem on our DEV and BETA channels of our EDGE browser since the switch to version 125.

I have identified the source of the problem in our environment, it is related to the presence of the AutomaticHttpsDefault policy with the value 1. Changing this parameter to a value of 2 with GPO or Registry corrects the problem (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge!AutomaticHttpsDefault=2).

Even though the value of 1 is currently deprecated by Microsoft, I think this is a bug that Microsoft will fix soon because a deprecated value is not supposed to crash the browser.

I hope that works for you !

[#3]

Hello,

Thx, you saved my day!

[#4]

@RedrumStylen 

I don't seem to have this Key with any value. 

I did set a GPO to do it but the registry key it added is different pathwise bolded below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended\AutomaticHttpsDefault=2

[#5]

Hi !

It's because you set the policy "Configure Automatic HTTPS" from the path "Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)" so it's related to your registry key.

If you set the same policy from the path "Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Edge", you will have my registry key.

In my case the problem came from there. But it's an EDGE bug so it's possible that other people have the same problem but for a completely different reason.