MS Edge first time Welcome back, confirming preferences - wizard pops up

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 MVP

This problem is seing also within other admins in our User Group, and in my enviroment I have configured several configuration options to not present this, but it still does. I remember, that my Edge configuration has been done some time ago, and this pop-up started appearing sometime July 2024 out of nothing. Probably Edge has been updated then and something changed.

User's image

#Allow personalization of ads, search and news by sending browsing history to Microsoft - Disabled
#Browser sign-in settings (Device) - Enable browser sign-in
#Configure whether a user always has a default profile automatically signed in with their work or school account - Disabled
#Disable synchronization of data using Microsoft sync services - Disabled
#Force synchronization of browser data and do not show the sync consent prompt - Enabled
#Hide the First-run experience and splash screen - Enabled
#Send required and optional diagnostic data about browser usage - Disabled
#Choose whether users can receive customized background images and text, suggestions, notifications, and tips for Microsoft services - Disabled

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ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,315 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-11-27T08:23:16.4166667+00:00

@Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko, Thanks for posting in Q&A.

From your description, I know want to disable the Microsoft Edge first time welcome back page but failed.

From the information you provided, I noticed that you have configured related settings to disable it, and it failed some time, to clarify the issue, please be sure the policy applies to device not user, then go to edge://policy and check whether the policy has been successfully applied on Microsoft Edge.

Moreover, here are some other methods you can refer to disable first time welcome back page, such as GPO or Registry.

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-microsoft-edge-first-run-welcome-page

Non-official, just for reference.

Hope it will help. If there is any update, feel free to let me know.

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Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-11-27T10:00:05.7666667+00:00

Yes, all settings are applied to Device. I also added for a test dublicate similar configs to Devices, but change so far.

ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,315 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-11-28T06:08:11.7233333+00:00

@Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko, Thanks for your reply.

Based on the information you provided, I found that Microsoft Edge has successfully applied the Intune policy, but Edge still pops up the Welcome page. After discussing with Microsoft Edge support, it seems to relate to Microsoft Edge and there is no more useful information we can find, so it is recommended to opening a ticket to get more help.

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/support/?form=MA13LH

Click create a support request to get more help.

Thanks for your time and understanding.

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-11-28T08:39:07.3433333+00:00

@ZhoumingDuan-MSFT actually this is because Intune control mechanizms are lacking now. I managed sucssesffully to hide the option by adding the desired registery item in system context and the pop-up is now gone on new installation machines, but I am worried that the same GPO setting available is not present in Intune Setting Catalog. This is important to improve. Any chance of you knock on Intune product group door?

ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,315 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-11-29T02:32:23.0433333+00:00

@Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko, Thanks for your reply.

We are so glad that you can manually create Registry value to solve the issue, and after my deep research, there is no "Prevent First Run from opening on Microsoft Edge" - option available in Intune's Setting Catalog as you said, so, it is suggested that you submit your feedback to Intune to implement this option.

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/ef1d6d38-fd1b-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472

Thanks for your time and understanding.

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-11-29T05:22:39.32+00:00

@ZhoumingDuan-MSFT unfortunatelly, I was wrong. That registery setting does not solve the problem. The pop up came back, it appears always ON THE SECOND browser attempt by the user. That's why it was tricky to realize, and I first thought we solved it. I double checked, that the registry key was there in correct manner, but it does not help. Also another Intune admin from our User Group confirmed the same thing. Se we need to keep finding another solution.

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-11-29T05:34:23.27+00:00

Looks like there is also another similar thread about this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2068071/how-to-get-ride-of-the-welcome-back-when-opening-e?page=1&orderby=Helpful#answers

ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,315 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-11-29T06:53:30.2633333+00:00

Hi, @Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko

Since the method you provided is not work, it is recommended to opening a ticket to get more help.

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/support/?form=MA13LH

Click create a support request to get more help.

Thanks for your time and understanding.

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-12-02T11:28:18.53+00:00

@ZhoumingDuan-MSFT the link you provided require contract and costs money.

ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,315 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-12-03T06:06:27.4766667+00:00

Hi, @Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko

Since the support provided by the link owns more resource and can do more analyze, so it need pay money.

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-12-03T06:14:56.93+00:00

@ZhoumingDuan-MSFT I don't understand the logic, there is a bug in a product and Microsoft requests money to fix it?

ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,315 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-12-03T07:25:39.7333333+00:00

@Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko

Well, you can submit your feedback to Microsoft Edge to see if it can help.

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/b8da43d5-ef1b-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-12-03T12:50:12.27+00:00

Good, thanks, I try that.
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Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-11-28T08:41:58.64+00:00

(EDIT): Does not solve the problem!

I manually solved this by adding new registery creation object for device:

#Disable First Run Welcome Page in Edge browser

New-Item -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge"

New-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge" -Name PreventFirstRunPage -Value "1" -PropertyType DWord -Force

But the bigger problem is, that there is no "Prevent First Run from opening on Microsoft Edge" - option available in Intune's Setting Catalog do handle this as it should be configured.
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ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,315 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-11-29T02:34:44.7966667+00:00

@Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko, Thanks for your reply.

We are really glad to know that the problem has been resolved. Please allow me to give a brief summary of this problem to help people with the same problem.

Issue Description:

Disable Microsoft Edge First Run Welcome page

Resolution:

Thanks for your time and have a nice day!

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ZhoumingDuan-MSFT 14,315 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-11-29T02:35:55.97+00:00

Hi, @Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko

After my deep research, there is no "Prevent First Run from opening on Microsoft Edge" - option available in Intune's Setting Catalog as you said, so, it is suggested that you submit your feedback to Intune to implement this option.

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/ef1d6d38-fd1b-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 12,621 Reputation points MVP

2024-11-29T05:23:35.65+00:00

Unfortunatelly, I was wrong. That registery setting does not solve the problem. The pop up came back, it appears always ON THE SECOND browser opening attempt by the user. That's why it was tricky to realize, and I first thought we solved it. I double checked, that the registry key was there in correct manner, but it does not help. Also another Intune admin from our User Group confirmed the same thing. Se we need to keep finding another solution.

Heikki Poikonen 5 Reputation points

2024-11-29T07:28:53.4833333+00:00

I have been working with this problem for a long time, this does not necessarily always happen regularly the second time in my tests, it can also happen the third, fourth or fifth time when Edge starts with a new user profile. I have tested this by deleting the entire user profile from the computer, and logging back into the entire computer, which creates everything anew. I also tried adding the --no-first-run parameter to the shortcut, it was said to have helped, but no, the fifth time the welcome back message came up again
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