Windows 10: Reset Microsoft Edge to Default in Windows 10

Hello Mohanraj, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

That's correct. A full reset of Microsoft Edge will include favorites, but I do have a red warning box at the top of the tutorial to warn folks to back up their favorites first.

 

thanks brink, just noticed the warning ..!!

can make this automate ? and replace in the download.

 

I can't without compromising the full reset.

 

My Edge start page is stuck on Yahoo Search - Web Search and this powershell script failed to get rid of that. No matter what I put in for start page it reverts to this. Whatever has got into Edge also blocks the Home button from being enabled.

I ran the latest Malware Bytes, which found several things for this Spigot junk (which sailed right past Windows Defender like it wasn't even there). MB got rid of it in Google Chrome and I presume whatever bits of it were in Firefox. Simply putting the home page and search settings back to what I had them in Firefox stopped it there. (Finally a browser with its own immunity to this garbage.)

Going to try super antispyware next to see if it can pry this out of Edge.

 

Hello Galane,

I'm afraid this can't help with malware. *Sad

 

Hi Shawn,

I'm one of the numerous users that have problems with several Edge crashes and browser misbehavior, following installation of "2017-09 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems (KB4038788)". *sarc

So I decided to reset it. Before following your instructions, I noticed that besides the
%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder,
which should be deleted, I also have two more folders in %localappdata%:
\Microsoft\Windows\PRICache\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_40.15063.0.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe
and
\Microsoft\Windows\PRICache\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_38.14393.1066.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Do you have any idea what these two are for (and especially the 2nd one, 38.14393.1066.0, as it looks like a remnant not deleted after installing the 40.15063.0.0 version of Edge).
Should these folders also be deleted in order to fully reset Edge?

 

Hello Dimitri, *Smile

There's no need to delete them in order to reset Microsoft Edge, but you could delete their contents if wanted though.

These folders are empty for me, so I'm not 100% sure what it's used for other than it appearing to be a cache.

 

Thanks a lot Shawn.

What about the %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\PRICache\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_38.14393.1066.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8 bbwe

Should I delete it altogether? Or is it needed for the new version? Do you also have both of them?

 

I have both as well, but they're empty for me.

It should be fine to only delete the contents of these folders if wanted, but I wouldn't delete the actual folders

 

OK... a remnant (?) folder won't hurt anybody.
I'll cross my fingers (to resolve the Edge instability) and go ahead to reset it.

Thanks again for your time! Take care *Smile

 

Anytime. Please let us know how it turns out if you do delete the other's content.

 

Oops.....
Sorry I forgot to mention that.... mine are both empty too!!! *chuckle

 

LOL, nothing to worry about then. *chuckle

 

By the way, just FYI, all apps in this PRIcache folder have both versions (14393 and 15063) kept for some reason.
So leaving both folder versions for Edge as is, is the wise thing to be done!

I'll be off for a while to reset, Edge.

 

Update:
1. Reset worked perfectly (Favorites imported by copying backed-up folder....most reliable method),
2. Edge instability and numerous errors (30, from restart) STILL there.

I guess I'll move to another thread, regarding Edge problems.