How To Reinstall Microsoft Edge In Windows 10: Microsoft’s new web browser is still finding its footing in a market dominated by established browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and even the company’s legacy browser, Internet Explorer. No web browser or software is perfect. Like other web browsers out there, the Microsoft Edge browser has its share of common problems. Many users are experiencing issues while using Edge on Windows 10. For some users, the Edge doesn’t start at all. Some users have been complaining that the Edge crashes as soon as it’s launched. And for few others, Edge is very slow and occasionally crashes while loading pages.
If you’re having problems with Microsoft Edge, you might be able to fix all the issues by reinstalling the browser. Although reinstalling the legacy version of the Edge browser was not supported by Microsoft (the unofficial method, method 2, is mentioned in this article), and the new Chromium-based Edge can be reinstalled with ease. This guide will show you different methods to reinstall Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 computers in an efficient way.
Continue reading the easy ways to reinstall Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.
How-To:
Method 1. Reinstall the Chromium-based new Edge browser in Windows 10
To reinstall the new version of Microsoft Edge, the process is simple. Go to this page and choose to download it. Please try to open Edge again to check.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge
Method 2: Reinstall Edge legacy version in Windows 10
Use this method if you are using the legacy or non-Chromium based Edge browser. Please note that you might lose all favorites as well as your browsing history. Export favorites or bookmarks to another browser or as a zip file, if you have tens of favorites. We recommend you repair Microsoft Edge or reset Microsoft Edge before attempting to reinstall it. Also highly recommend you to create a system restore point before trying out this procedure on your PC.
- Close Microsoft Edge browser, if it’s running.
- Open up File Explorer, click View and then check Hidden items box to view all hidden folders. This is required as some folders like AppData are hidden by default.
- Navigate to the following location:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Packages
Replace “UserName” with your user name. You can quickly navigate to the above location by pasting the path in Run command box.
- Look for the folder named Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe and delete it. When you press or click Delete, you might get the confirmation dialog. Click the Yes button.
You will see the following dialog with Preparing to recycle from Packages message. It might take about 10 minutes to discover all the items in that folder.
Once the preparation done, you will see the following windows for folder deletion. Click Yes button.
You might see the following dialog with “Do you want to permanently delete this folder? The folder contains items whose names are too long for the Recycle Bin” message. Simply click the Yes button.
Windows 10 will take a couple of minutes to delete this or items of this folder. If you get the following dialog with “Are you sure you want to delete it?” message, click Yes.
If it refuses to delete some files, click Skip.
- Close all running apps and restart your PC.
- Launch the Windows PowerShell as an administrator. This can be done by typing PowerShell in the Start menu or taskbar search box, right-clicking on PowerShell entry, and then clicking Run as administrator option.
- Once PowerShell is launched, navigate to your user account’s directory by executing the following command.
cd C:\users\yourusername
Replace “yourusername” with the actual user name of your account.
- Finally, copy and paste the following command in the prompt and then press Enter key.
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml” -Verbose} 
Once the command is executed successfully, you will see “Operation completed for” message.
Close the PowerShell and Restart your computer once again. You should now be able to launch and use the Edge browser without any issues.
Wrapping things up:
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NOTE: All the above methods/steps are for advanced Computer users. If you are a novice, I recommend you reach a computer expert or download an error repair software. Click here to download repair software.
