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Earlier today my computer (Surface w/ Windows 11) needed a forced restart. There were two tabs open in Chrome. Edge was open as well as Outlook. It was a page in Edge that caused the need for a reset, edge screen flashed a couple of times, then the screen went blank.
Since then, every time I start Edge, it opens the two tabs that were open in Chrome. Even if I delete them, they continue to re-open. They actually re-open shortly after the "When Edge starts" tabs open. They are not listed as a startup tab, I've tried "open the new tab page" and "open these pages" with completely other pages open - only "new tab" or "Google". They continue to open regardless of what I do.
Originally they were grouped in a grouped tab called "imported tab" but now they show up separately.
Managing tabs, address bar, and search settings in Edge on Windows 11
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Have a look at this page in a new tab in Edge: edge://settings/profiles/importBrowsingData. **** You may see an option to import browsing data from Chrome on each launch. If you do, and it's enabled, this may explain the odd behaviour you were seeing.
Didn't know that existed, but given that a number of those are turned on, that very well could have been the culprit.
Thanks for sharing!
UPDATE:
It's fixed. While I've been using Chrome since the issue arose without issue, I just opened Chrome and it came-up with a "Restore Pages, Chrome didn't shutdown correctly, Restore (button)" I clicked on Restore and Chrome loaded the two pages. I then shut down Chrome, restarted Edge and viola - the two pages no longer automatically open in Edge.
It appears the pages were caught-up in a restore routine for Chrome and Edge was picking it up?
Anyway, thanks for looking and thinking about it.
Thanks for the reply. I did that, but it didn't help.
I also noticed that the tabs open later, the default tab(s) open, then the "new tab" page contents loads, then a couple of seconds goes by and then the two tabs load.
Any other suggestions or thoughts?
Try reset the Microsoft Edge.
You may navigate to edge://settings/reset and click reset and close and reopen the Microsoft Edge and see if the problem persists?