So I looked in the registry for the “Startpage” values and I found this little gem where Microsoft tells us it is against Windows policy to make alterations: Browlock), there is no easy way to escape the infinite loop that keeps reopening Edge with the locked page.Īs I was searching for a fix to this, I have found several solutions that were aimed at breaking the connection with the site that has the browser locked, like adding the site to your HOSTS file, putting the computer in “Airplane mode”, or simply terminating the internet connection.īut when trying these, they didn’t work for me, probably because the site is in the cache and since there is no way to clear this if you can’t access the Settings menu, you are still stuck. If Edge is set to start with the same tabs that were open when it was last closed (Previous pages), and you happened to get redirected to a site that locks up your browser (e.g. In addition, Microsoft is also working on a new accent theme for Edge, improvements for the Android version, faster startup time, and more.With the public introduction of Windows 10 and its default browser, Edge, we have noticed that quite a few people have run into this predicament: This feature is expected to arrive in the stable builds of Microsoft Edge early next year and it will save you a bunch of time if you’re prone to mistakenly closing your tabs. If you want to test the feature right now, install Edge Canary and enable the experimental flag labelled as “Ask before closing multiple tabs”. The warning shows up only when you have multiple tabs open, but in future, it would be possible to always provide an alert if you try to quit. Microsoft Edge’s solution is elegant, and it won’t warn you when you only have a single tab open.
You can also select “Don’t ask me again” in the pop-up to disable this feature without opening the Settings page of Edge.
There’ll be two options – “Close all” to exit the browser and “Cancel” to keep using the browser. Once enabled, Microsoft Edge for Windows 10 and macOS will display a pop-up warning when you try to close multiple active tabs.
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