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, they get a blank page with invalidurl error. This white page can not be closed, only way to dismiss if you stop edge processes with the taskmanager. If you set the registry value to 0, then it can reach the welcome screen and you have to do the first steps. This policy should disable the welcome screen and not just hrowing an error. how could we avoid this screen to appear? Is there any setting that let Edge think it was already started and omits this screen completely? Why did this bug appeared in the first place? This policy was working for years now, and only show this bug randomly. Edge - stable, latest version; Windows10 22H2;Tutorial: How to run Legacy and Chromium-based Edge simultaneously side by side Without Group Policy
1. Uninstall Chromium Edge either from Control panel or from Windows 10 settings => Apps 2. Go to Registry Editor by typing "regedit" in Windows 10 search 3. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft OR paste this in the address bar area of Registry editor Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft 4. Right-click on "Microsoft" and create a new key And name it "EdgeUpdate" (without quotes) 5. Then right-click on "EdgeUpdate", go to New and create a new DWord 32-bit and call it "Allowsxs" (without quotes) Allowsxs 6. Set its value to 1 7. Exit Registry Editor 8. now go to www.microsoft.com/Edge to download Edge stable again. install it and after that you will be able to access both Legacy and new Edge from start menu or Windows 10 search. Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-update-policies#allowsxs This tutorial is for using only Registry editor, there is also another method to do this which is through Group Policy https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/deployedge/microsoft-edge-sysupdate-access-old-edge#how-to-enable-a-side-by-side-experience-with-both-versions-of-microsoft-edge for that you also will need the policy files which you can get from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business/download
Request: "Offline" Keep Favorite in Sync IE11 <-> Edge (Chromium)
The 'Legacy' MS Edge had a Group Policy that allowed an "offline" browser favorite Sync on a local system between IE and Edge: Windows Components/Microsoft Edge "Keep favorites in sync between Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge" For Enterprises that aren't leveraging O365 and account Sync (or for whatever reason can't) this would make for a smooth sailing scenario. Any possibility for implementation?
