Microsoft Edge Share button not working

Question

Hello,

When I click the share button from the settings dropdown menu a window appears very briefly (for about 0.5 seconds), closes and than nothing happens. Any suggestions how to fix this? I would like to send tabs to my phone.

Answer 1

Hello,

When I click the share button from the settings dropdown menu a window appears very briefly (for about 0.5 seconds), closes and than nothing happens. Any suggestions how to fix this? I would like to send tabs to my phone.

Hey Vladimir,

I had the same issue for a while and finally found what was causing the problem for me, so I hope this will help you.

I suggest you to run Windows Store Apps troubleshooter; it will enable UAC (User Account Control) if it is disabled.

Please follow the steps mentioned below and check if that helps:

Open Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot > Additional troubleshooters > Windows Store Apps

After running it, restart your computer

Alternatively, you can try enabling UAC (User Account Control) manually by following these steps: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/user-help/you-need-to-enable-uac-windows

After enabling it, restart your computer.

Answer 2

Hello,

When I click the share button from the settings dropdown menu a window appears very briefly (for about 0.5 seconds), closes and than nothing happens. Any suggestions how to fix this? I would like to send tabs to my phone.

Hey Vladimir,

I'm R7anubis, just another user (also an insider), But I'd definitely try helping out

Actually, the share button works perfectly. After clicking it, a small black box opens in the centre of the screen asking for sharing options.

The opening of that box depends on your PC, maybe there's an issue with your PC speed?

Alternatively, if you want to send tabs to your phone, you can save the website to collections, or favorites, and then access it on your phone, through Edge browser on your phone.

NOTE: BELOW IS AN EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE, BUT IT WORKS PERFECTLY, NO CRASHES

Secret tip: type edge://flags in your address bar (On edge PC), it will open up experimental features. Search for QR code, in the search box. You'll find a flag which says, enable QR code, it will be set to default. Set it to Enabled, and then you'll get a prompt to restart your browser. After restarting it, right click on any website page, you'll find the QR code option, click it. Scan the QR code with google lens, or any qr scanner, and enjoy the website on your phone.

Hope this helps