[Solved] Microsoft Edge freezes for few minutes after start up on Mac if Silverlight is installed
Microsoft Edge hangs after a few seconds it is started. After a few minutes, it returns back to normal. This problem occurs few months ago. I tried reinstall it and it didn't help. Of course I use the latest version. (currently101.0.1210.47) Today, I started it directly from the command line and I got the error log. [0514/094738.282384:ERROR:util.cc(131)] Can't create base directory: **PII**/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/EdgeUpdater [0514/094738.282903:ERROR:updater.cc(116)] Error getting base dir. [0514/094738.283251:ERROR:util.cc(131)] Can't create base directory: **PII**/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/EdgeUpdater [0514/094738.283284:ERROR:util.cc(144)] Failed to get the base directory. [0514/094738.283304:ERROR:crash_reporter.cc(79)] Failed to get the database path. When I tried to create the "EdgeUpdater" directory by myself, I found that the owner of "/Users/<my login user>/Library/Application Support/Microsoft" is root. This directory only contains "Silverlight". I guess that installation of "Silverlight" created that directory with root user. I have another Mac machine having Edge but no Silverlight installed. The owner of "Microsoft" directory is non-root user. I went back to the problem machine, uninstall Silverlight (I don't need it actually), delete the "Microsoft" directory and start Edge again. This time Edge doesn't hang and I can see the "Microsoft" directory is recreated with a non-root user. I hope this can help for people having the same problem.