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[FIXED] Problem: Can't open unsafe ports on Edge insider
Eric_Lawrence
How this can be accepted as a solution?
Is it normal for a simple user, to check every time either task manager or command line, if there are open msedge instances running?
The target with the allowed port "msedge.exe --explicitly-allowed-ports=10080 http://example.com:10080" is supposed to have been set already by the administrator.
I can't image, that still there is no other workaround from Microsoft, to just open the browser and open properly the link with the desired port.
PS: This is not an issue in other browsers eg. chrome and firefox.
Solution:
1) Disable all the features that exist within "Edge Settings > System and Performance" of Microsoft Edge (eg. Efficiency mode, Save resources with sleeping tabs, etc.) and then after closing the browser Microsoft Edge, no more edge instances will be running on the background.
That means that the described solution on this thread can work:
2) Microsoft edge app --> right click --> properties --> shortcut tab --> Target
And there add the desired port (you want to forward) like below:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --explicitly-allowed-ports=10080
- Thank you for this!
Separate from the ports, I have long wondered why there's always so many processes of msedge.exe.
I will try those settings today! - Eric_Lawrence
Microsoft
wasilis92 The only thing you really should need to disable is Startup Boost -- that's the one that keeps a background Edge process around. Efficiency Mode and Sleeping tabs do NOT keep extra processes.
See https://textslashplain.com/2022/01/05/edge-command-line-arguments/#:~:text=An%20argument%20I%20tried%20didn%E2%80%99t%20seem%20to%20do%20anything%3F%20Why%20not%3F for discussion.As for why Edge uses many processes-- Chromium-based browsers use many processes for security and reliability reasons. Each process can have its own sandbox, with restrictions locked down as tight as possible for that process' job. Similarly, if a utility process crashes, the browser does not crash and the utility can be restarted.
- Indeed!
And you had already mentioned it, in your initial comment within parenthesis.
Somehow I missed that, and initially I tested it just by removing feature "Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed" which didn't help.
And then just removed everything 🙂
All good.
