Microsoft Edge open tabs from the previous session and i want to be open together with the URL that i've set from ' open when the browser starts '

Question

Hello,

I encounter some issues and i need some help regarding this :

So i've set from my group policy a site to be open when the browser starts and also set the ' configure the new tab page url ' and if i open and run a few more links and select in settings 'open tabs from the previous session ' and i close Microsoft Edge. When i open again, the tabs are open but the url that i've set from the group policy is not open automatically and i need it to be open again not to press on ' open a new tab ' do you guys have any suggestions ? In attach you can also find some screenshots and i don't want to have selected ' Action to take on startup' because if i select that option it will block the settings from Microsoft edge ' start, home, and new tabs '.

Thank you !

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Answer 1

Hi @Gabriel D | Heimdal™ ,

In essence, what you've tried to achieve is to select 2 options, but it is impossible since it only allows you to pick one. As a result, the policies you've configured won't work as expected.

However, it can be achieved by a .bat file, but you need to execute the .bat file to open Edge. Suppose you want to open https://www.microsoft.com/ on startup, write the following code in your .bat file:

@echo off  
  
start msedge https://www.microsoft.com/  

Then, make sure you've selected Open tabs from the previous session in Edge settings.
Finally, execute the .bat file, and it works in the same way as you've expected. Both previous session tabs and https://www.microsoft.com/ will show up.

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Answer 2

Hello @Anonymous

Thank you for your answer but this won't help, i want to have this configured through a group policy so that the users from my domain can have this activated. Let me tell you again want i need :

When i select what browser do i want through " Sites to open when the browser starts ", and when i select " open tabs from the previous session " i want also to open a new tab with the browser that i've set it through group policy, i don't want to add a new tab manually. Please let me know if you understand what i want.

Thank you !