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Official Download links for Microsoft Edge Stable Enterprise
HotCakeX"It just updated right now From Version 79.0.309.56 (Official build) (64-bit) To Version 79.0.309.58 (Official build) (64-bit)"
Just to be clear, the "it" you are referring to is EdgeChromiumEnterprise build installed on your computer via MicrosoftEdgeEnterpriseX64.msi, and not the EdgeChromium Insider Beta build? (I rebuilt my test computer last night with a clean install and am no longer running EdgeChromiumEnterprise, so I can't check.)
If EdgeChromiumEnterprise did, in fact, auto-update automatically, that's good news because it is one less thing to worry about.
Another interesting tidbit of information:
Yesterday morning, in preparation for the rebuild, I removed each and every favorite/bookmark from EdgeChromium Beta except the "ForumC" favorite, and waited 24 hours before reinstalling EdgeChromium Beta, which I did this morning, a few minutes ago.
The EdgeChromium Beta I installed this morning is 79.0.309.58, which is no surprise.
The interesting thing is that when I synced EdgeChromium Beta, what showed up in favorites/bookmarks were "ForumC" and all of the favorites/bookmarks from EdgeClassic ("ForumE", etc. -- see comments above for the list). So it looks like Build 79.0.309.58 now imports EdgeClassic favorites/bookmarks upon install, which suggests that Microsoft is getting the build ready for deployment. Not a surprise, exactly, but an interesting change in behavior. Build 79.0.309.56 of EdgeChromiumBeta did not import favorites/bookmarks from EdgeClassic, and Build 79.0.309.58 does.
EdgeClassic remains intact, however, so installation of EdgeChromium Beta Build 79.0.309.58 does not trigger the "hide EdgeClassic" behavior that EdgeChromiumEnterprise did when I installed it last weekend using MicrosoftEdgeEnterpriseX64.msi. That's not a surprise, either, since Edge Chromium Beta installs as a standalone and is not integrated into Windows 10. It looks like integration into Windows 10 will happen through the Windows Update installer when EdgeChromium Beta is released.
Actually the permanent link to the policies files are broken.
I don't know how to get to those links for other Microsoft Downloads either. It would be handy to have them for other Edge channels as well as Teams Machine-Wide installer etc.
But I guess only Microsoft knows them and sysadmins which need to regularly check for updates need to manually check the official download page.
- Btw,
to install Edge stable again, I downloaded the offline installer again from the same link above. after installing, i noticed it was already the latest version and no longer needed an update.
That means, this installer not only auto-updates, but also Microsoft keeps it actively updated and replaces it with each new update. - I'm kinda 50-50 on that, i think we have to wait 10 more days to see how it will be.
I could say that it will be uninstallable because most of the apps that can't be installed are UWP apps and the new Edge is not one of them, but then there are normal Win32 apps that can't be uninstalled either, like Notepad. HotCakeX"Okay I tested it, just for you 🙂"
Thanks.
My experience must have been a fluke, then, probably related to the fact that I ran LegacyEdge and EdgeEnterpriseStable in a side-by-side configuration for a short period while testing EdgeEnterpriseStable.
I took care to reverse the "Allow Microsoft Edge Side by Side browser experience" Group Policy and rebooted several times after that in the normal course after I was done testing side-by-side feature of EdgeEnterpriseStable, but Group Policy reversal might not have stuck and that might have led to the uninstall issues I encountered.
Do you expect the consumer-side version of EdgeChromium installed via Windows Update to be similarly reversible, in the sense that it can be uninstalled after the initial installation has embedded EdgeChromium into Windows 10 and removed EdgeClassic from the Start Menu and such?
- Okay I tested it, just for you 🙂
uninstall process completed normally, took few seconds. after that the new Edge's icons disappeared from start menu, taskbar and everywhere, as expected.
then I typed "Edge" in the Windows search, I could see both Edge canary and Edge classic's icons there, clicked on Edge classic and it launched normally. HotCakeX"... can be uninstalled from the settings or control panel …"
When you uninstalled EdgeEnterpriseStable on your computer, what happened?
In my case (and this is what triggered the rebuild), the uninstallation was not entirely successful. The uninstall appears not to have completely reversed the changes made to Win10 during the installation process. After uninstallation, EdgeClassic did not run normally. It was labeled "Legacy Edge" in the Start Menu, and opened only if I right-clicked the icon, then clicked on an "Open in New Window" menu item that appeared in a popup. Once opened, "Legacy Edge" seemed to run normally.
My experience might have been a fluke related to running EdgeClassic and EdgeEnterpriseStable in a side-by-side configuration at one point in my testing, so I'm curious about your experience with uninstalling EdgeEnterpriseStable.
