Where is Microsoft Edge located in Windows 10? How do I launch it?

I have upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 Home. But I can't find the Microsoft Edge web browser.

Does anyone know where it is located, or do I need to install it?

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Update: I could find MicrosoftEdge.exe at C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe. But when I click on it, it doesn't run.

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7 Answers

Microsoft Edge should be in the taskbar. It is the blue 'e' icon.

If you do not have that or have unpinned it, you just need to repin it. Unfortunately the MicrosoftEdge.exe can not be run by double clicking and creating a normal shortcut will not work. You may have found it at this location.

What you need to do is just search for Edge in the Start menu or search bar. Once you see Microsoft Edge, right click on it and Pin to taskbar.

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Make a new shortcut for it

Correct link is:

%windir%\explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge

Then add it's icon from its own .exe if you don't like the default look.

 %windir%\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe

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To create a new shortcut from the existing shortcut file, you can also enter this path into file explorer:

shell:Appsfolder

Scroll to Microsoft Edge, then and drag or right click to create a new shortcut. I used this method to put Edge in the startup folder.

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You can launch Microsoft Edge in private mode by using this AutoHotkey-script:

^P::
Run %windir%\explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge
Sleep 1000
Send ^+P
Return

Not sure when this changed, but in my version of Windows 10 (21H1 - 19043.1023) the executable for Edge is located in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

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The Open With addon needs the command line to have the %s so that the currently open site gets launched in Edge.C:\Windows\explorer.exe "microsoft-edge:%s"

On my system, Microsoft Edge is really installed at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

Create a shortcut as normal in Explorer. This loads much more quickly than the strange %windir%\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe re-direction.

The final shortcut has Target set to one of:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

or if you prefer:

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

Copy and strip off \msedge.exe for the Start in parameter of the shortcut.

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