Start Edge without Start Pages

Question

When I get into the office in the morning, I open edge on my primary PC and I have a bunch of start pages that open. Later in the day or if I'm on my laptop, I don't need those pages. Is there a way to start Edge without loading the Start pages or create a separate shortcut that would accomplish this?

Answer 1

Hi @Dom ,

If you would like to have separate startup preferences, normally you have 2 solutions:

1. Create a separate shortcut.

a. Go to your Edge executable path. Normally you should be able to find it at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe, or you can check edge://version and find your Edge executable path.
b. Right click on msedge.exe and select Create shortcut.
c. Right click on the new shortcut and select Properties
d. In the Target box under Shortcut tab, add some pages to open on startup. For example, I added 2 pages:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" https://www.bing.com https://www.microsoft.com  

Now, you've created a shortcut for the case where you want to open some pages on startup. When you don't need these pages, you can simply use the original Edge, but just make sure you have selected another option rather than Open these pages in Edge Settings.
2. Use another profile. It only requires you to have separate startup configuration in different profiles, but you may rely on some synced data within one profile.

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Answer 2

you can change the settings to the following: