How to Reinstall Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
Windows 10 is an operating system that has Microsoft Edge with a clean appearance and has been claimed to have faster performance compared to Internet Explorer. Generally, Windows users are already dependent on third-party browsers such as Chromeand Firefox. But even so, many people still use Microsoft Edge, especially Windows 10 lay users.
Many users report experiencing problems with this Windows 10 flagship browser. There are even Windows users who can’t even open the browser. Another problem from many users circulating in cyberspace is the Edge browser often crashes and some say Microsoft Edge feels slow and crashes when opening web pages.
Now to solve this problem, you can try the only way is to reinstall (reinstall) the Microsoft Edge browser. Indeed, reinstalling Microsoft Edge is not easy, but this is the best way to solve the problem. You can follow the following steps to reinstall Microsoft Edge without leaving a single step.
Keep in mind, reinstalling the browser will make you lose your history, bookmarks, and favorites that you have created. If you think it’s important, you can export to another browser first.
Easy Ways to Reinstall Microsoft Edge
Attention: For the sake of anticipation, in the PC application it is recommended to create a system restore point first before proceeding to the following steps.
- The first step, if you think you are opening the Edge browser, close it first.
- Now open File Explorer, then View and then check the Hidden items section so that you can display hidden folders. This is necessary, because by default the system hides AppData on the PC.
- Open the folder according to the following instructions
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Packages
- Change “UserName” with your Windows 10 username.
- Look for folders with name format Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe, if you have found it, then delete it and there will be a dialog as confirmation. Then click Yes.
- If the method above, then you can see a dialog like the following image. The time to remove can be up to 10-15 minutes. Well later a confirmation confirmation will appear “Do you want to permanently delete this folder? The folder contains items whose names are too long for the Recycle Bin“Then just click Yes.
- If you see a message like the following, then click Yes. But you can also choose Skip.
- In this step, if you are opening another application, close it to restart the PC.
- If it’s alive again, run PowerShell as administrator (Run as Administrator). The trick is to type PowerShell on the Start menu, then right-click on PowerShell and select Run as Administrator
- If you see a window PowerShellnow enter the following command in order to move the active user folder.
cd C:\users\yourusername
- Change “yourusername” with your username.
- The last step is to write the following command in the PowerShell window and press Enter.
- If the above command is successful, then you will see the message “Operation completed for”
Very easy isn’t it? It is recommended to restart your PC once again to see the results. If you have been able to run the Microsoft Edge browser without any problems and congratulations on using the Windows 10 flagship browser again.
