Windows 10: Edge no longer launches after changing Home URL

Windows 10 Home 64-bit v1909 build 18363.657 OS which was upgraded from Windows 8.1 on 20th Aug 2019 and had updates and upgrades so it is up-to-date: -

My PC has two profiles. Myself (Administrator) and my wife (a Standard user). On my profile Edge launches fine with the Home page displaying correctly. I then proceeded to set up Edge on my wife's profile and everything was fine until I made a mistake in the "Settings / Start up / Open a specific page URL". Instead of typing the full "Homepage" URL I shortened it. I should have entered "https://www.bbc.co.uk" but shortened it to "bbc.co.uk" thinking that Edge would recognise the URL and correct it. It does not recognize it and so it can no longer launch. In my case the mistyped URL was deliberate but surely Edge should be able to handle mistyped URLs. It seems wrong that Edge can't handle a mistyped URL.

Q - Is there a way to remove the incorrect Home page from outside the Edge environment so that Edge will launch again?

Thanks in advance.

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Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.

 

Site links not working in Chrome or Edge

Hi,





Have you tried resetting your browser? If not, we suggest you to do so. To reset Edge, follow these steps:

• 
  Go to
  Browser Settings.
  
• 
  Clear
  Browser Data.
  
• 
  Close the browser and launch it again.
  

If the issue persist, follow these other steps:

• 
  Go to
  Task Manager.
  
• 
  Click on
  MicrosoftedgeCP.exe
  
• 
  End the task.
  

Let us know how it goes.



Regards.

 

Edge keeps changing ChangeUnitGenerationNeeded "0"


My favorites stopped syncing so I read the Tutorial How to Turn On or Off Sync Favorites and Reading List in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10.

I ran the reg file to turn on syncing. Gave it time but nothing happened. So I went into the registry and found that ChangeUnitGenerationNeeded was set to "0". Changed it manually to "1". Launched Edge. Went back into registry and found ChangeUnitGenerationNeeded reset to "0". Went through this a number of times using the reg file and/or manual change.

Every time I launch Edge the entry is reset to "0".

Any suggestions welcomed. Thanks