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On 05/11/2018 12:54, Terry Pinnell wrote:
I assume you didn't read my reply yesterday to Ken Blake. No. He is another idiot like you. who the **** is Ken Blake? Is he another demented individual like you and Steve? I don't see him here. Did you make up names or have you lost your brain completely trying to use Windows 10? -- With over 950 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Edge not working
On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:49:06 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:54:36 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:01:25 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote: Trying to open Edge by any method fails. An empty window pops up only briefly. I've tried several suggested fixes so far in vain. Most attempts were handicapped because I also had a freezing mouse problem. Now that's fixed I'll repeat some 'fixes' methodically, but would appreciate any suggestions please. Here's my suggestion: stop trying to use Edge (the *worst* of all available browsers, in my opinion) and switch to almost any other browser. My personal choice is FireFox. I agree with that. Edge is very poor. I've been using Chrome since Google first produced it. I use bookmarks rather than shortcuts. I'm in the great minority, I know, but as far as I'm concerned Edge is the worst browser and Chrome is the second worst browser. It's only slightly better than Edge. |
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 22:35:41 +0000, Terry Pinnell
wrote: Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:01:25 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote: Trying to open Edge by any method fails. An empty window pops up only briefly. I've tried several suggested fixes so far in vain. Most attempts were handicapped because I also had a freezing mouse problem. Now that's fixed I'll repeat some 'fixes' methodically, but would appreciate any suggestions please. Here's my suggestion: stop trying to use Edge (the *worst* of all available browsers, in my opinion) and switch to almost any other browser. My personal choice is FireFox. I don't use edge. My preferred browser is Waterfox. But the OS and some MS apps frequently try to use Edge. I don't know why your experience is so different from mine, but I never run into that problem. |
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Paul wrote:
Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:01:25 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote: Trying to open Edge by any method fails. An empty window pops up only briefly. I've tried several suggested fixes so far in vain. Most attempts were handicapped because I also had a freezing mouse problem. Now that's fixed I'll repeat some 'fixes' methodically, but would appreciate any suggestions please. Here's my suggestion: stop trying to use Edge (the *worst* of all available browsers, in my opinion) and switch to almost any other browser. My personal choice is FireFox. My suggestion was to try creating a new user account. As portions of Store programs are in Appdata. A new account means a new Appdata. If Edge doesn't spray the Event Viewer with error 5 permission issues while doing process isolation (containers), then you know it's either the code portion in your current account, or the data portion (including the Edge archive files). One of the popular (usually factual) windows websites, suggested deleting the folder with the code, then using the usual command to reinstall Edge. And the reason they do it that way, is Edge has the in-box bit set, so it's not removable (I flipped that bit and tried to remove Edge, but all that seemed to do is remove the icon). You cannot uninstall it and expect it to be fully uninstalled. So what that web site was doing, is deleting the folder, then doing a reinstall in Powershell (in your current account). https://www.thewindowsclub.com/reset...-in-windows-10 Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml" -Verbose} I can never be sure, with commands like that, where the AppXManifest.xml is coming from... From the folder you just deleted ? Paul I've progressed only marginally. After various steps, including those here https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge...s-10-solved/#b Edge now comes up for a bit longer, displaying an incomplete message: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i4cwdywfvu...ge-2.jpg?raw=1 I then tried playing with Settings Apps Apps & Features Microsoft Edge. 'Repair' gets a promising checkmark, but trying to open Edge fails and the icon vanishes from the taskbar. 'Reset' doesn't get it back. Using the now familiar PS command Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} restores the icon and the original incorrect behaviour. I don't like or use Edge. But as it's an integral Win 10 component, used for example to deliver 'Help and Support', I'd like to get it working. Terry, East Grinstead, UK |
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Ken Blake wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 22:35:41 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote: Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:01:25 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote: Trying to open Edge by any method fails. An empty window pops up only briefly. I've tried several suggested fixes so far in vain. Most attempts were handicapped because I also had a freezing mouse problem. Now that's fixed I'll repeat some 'fixes' methodically, but would appreciate any suggestions please. Here's my suggestion: stop trying to use Edge (the *worst* of all available browsers, in my opinion) and switch to almost any other browser. My personal choice is FireFox. I don't use edge. My preferred browser is Waterfox. But the OS and some MS apps frequently try to use Edge. I don't know why your experience is so different from mine, but I never run into that problem. Windows Help opens stuff in MSEdge. Cortana and her Bing searches open in MSEdge. Even if your default browser is set to something else. Consequently, you'd want a fully function MSEdge. If you were hoping to get "Help", you would not want to be further challenged by platform issues. Paul |
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Paul wrote:
Terry Pinnell wrote: VanguardLH wrote: Terry Pinnell wrote: Trying to open Edge by any method fails. An empty window pops up only briefly. I've tried several suggested fixes so far in vain. Are some of those methods included in the following? - NOT define a home page in Edge, or use about:blank. - Load Edge in its safe mode. - Reset Edge. - Load Windows 10 in its safe mode w/networking. - Temporarily disable all non-MS anti-virus and other security software. - Load Edge using its protocol, as in "microsoft-edge:urltosite". The most likely source of clues might lie in this composite screenshot of Event Viewer. Whenever an attempt is made to open Edge, Event 1000 occurs and is then repeatedly followed by 21, 37, 38 and 22. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qx1r2zdoo9...e-1..jpg?raw=1 The appcontainer is to sandbox webapps. It was added back in Win8 for store apps. That's why I asked if you tried starting Edge in its safe mode to get rid of any and all extensions you installed into Edge. If you have old extensions, especially those requiring ActiveX, they won't run inside an appcontainer. Edge runs inside an appcontainer. Some extensions, like Flash, are run in their own appcontainer. See: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/...-edge-sandbox/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...iner-isolation Since one of the errors involves CreateAppContainerProfile, looks like an appcontainer process cannot be generated to host the Edge app. I've found some articles that the error might be about connecting (registering) to the Windows Firewall. Is that enabled? Users can encounter problems even with the Start Menu or Windows taskbar if the Window Firewall isn't working. What other non-Microsoft anti-malware or security software have you installed? Were you ever hit with malware? Did some security software do a disinfection? That might remove the active components of malware but it does NOT return the OS back to a state prior to infection. Malware can make lots of changes that remain after it gets disinfected. Might be time for a fresh install of the OS. Have you yet got rid of ClassicShell? Again, as mentioned, similar to malware, uninstalling it may not undo all the changes it made. Anyone know how to gain the permission I asked about please? Terry, East Grinstead, UK I thought I put up a slide for this the other day. Don't remember which thread though. https://s22.postimg.cc/ktpilht29/ele..._installer.gif Some instructions. In this post, I demonstrate deleting a 7Z EXE file from Program Files folder. Without changing the permissions on the item at all. Just elevating myself sufficiently. Steps 1 through 4, not the "appendix" section. http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi...nt-email.me%3E TrustedInstaller is only available as a "token". It's not a conventional account. It doesn't have a home directory. It doesn't have a password. The token is "copied" from the Windows Module Installer service. This is why one of the slides shows me starting WMI, just before issuing a command that needs to copy that token. It's not really "Higher Than Administrator", but more an issue of being "More obscure than Administrator". "Getting the power, is half the fun." Paul SUCCESS! So satisfying when a couple of days' forensics ends up with an elegant fix ;-) This came from a post by KJSTech1 Thursday, September 28, 2017 7:31 PM https://social.technet.microsoft.com...or-update-1703 reporting a solution found by rafaeljsc. Summarising, you perform the PowerShell reset of Microsoft Edge Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose} But the crucial step for me and others was to add a new Registry key, using this elevated command prompt: reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Spartan" /v RAC_LaunchFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f That fix appears about two thirds down the thread: https://social.technet.microsoft.com...or-update-1703 I've no idea what that key does, much less how rafaeljsc discovered it. I'd like to, but am content to have Help & Support opening again -------------------- In case that's not the solution for others who end up here, I'll mention some of the other stuff I found after previous posts. I googled edgelso.dll, a file implicated in Event Viewer and non existent on my PC and found this plainly relevant thread, describing very similar symptoms to mine: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-u...sues/11975881/ But the workaround (close IBM Trusteer Rapport) which was identified about half way through comments by Paul C and confirmed by others did not help me. I have no such program and there's no reference to it on my PC. Before the fix, here are the main Event Viewer events I found immediately after the opening and brief appearance of Edge Event ID 10010 DCOM (Many): "The server Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_42.17134.1.0_neutral__8wek yb3d8bbwe!ContentProcess#{0003140C-0001-0000-2F5D-A70300000000} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout." Event ID 1000 Application Errors: ================================== EMODEL.dll (Few) Faulting application name: MicrosoftEdge.exe, version: 11.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0x5bcc2c99 Faulting module name: EMODEL.dll, version: 11.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0x5bcc2a1f Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x0000000000190d6e Faulting process ID: 0x66b0 Faulting application start time: 0x01d475b649cb86a7 Faulting application path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wek yb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wek yb3d8bbwe\EMODEL.dll Report ID: eb684595-c438-43c1-8573-c970b067ac16 Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_42.17134.1.0_neutral__8wek yb3d8bbwe Faulting package-relative application ID: MicrosoftEdge EdgeContent.dll (Many) --------------------- Faulting application name: MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe, version: 11.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0x5bcc2819 Faulting module name: EdgeContent.dll, version: 11.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0xfc8bc76b Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x00000000000afc2a Faulting process ID: 0x550 Faulting application start time: 0x01d475b64f8a75a4 Faulting application path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wek yb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\EdgeContent.dll Report ID: 07d7b5e6-149d-49e8-97a6-0bf069162060 Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_42.17134.1.0_neutral__8wek yb3d8bbwe Faulting package-relative application ID: ContentProcess |
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Terry Pinnell wrote:
SUCCESS! So satisfying when a couple of days' forensics ends up with an elegant fix ;-) This came from a post by KJSTech1 Thursday, September 28, 2017 7:31 PM https://social.technet.microsoft.com...or-update-1703 reporting a solution found by rafaeljsc. Summarising, you perform the PowerShell reset of Microsoft Edge Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose} But the crucial step for me and others was to add a new Registry key, using this elevated command prompt: reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Spartan" /v RAC_LaunchFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f That fix appears about two thirds down the thread: https://social.technet.microsoft.com...or-update-1703 I've no idea what that key does, much less how rafaeljsc discovered it. I'd like to, but am content to have Help & Support opening again -------------------- In case that's not the solution for others who end up here, I'll mention some of the other stuff I found after previous posts. I googled edgelso.dll, a file implicated in Event Viewer and non existent on my PC and found this plainly relevant thread, describing very similar symptoms to mine: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-u...sues/11975881/ But the workaround (close IBM Trusteer Rapport) which was identified about half way through comments by Paul C and confirmed by others did not help me. I have no such program and there's no reference to it on my PC. Before the fix, here are the main Event Viewer events I found immediately after the opening and brief appearance of Edge Event ID 10010 DCOM (Many): "The server Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_42.17134.1.0_neutral__8wek yb3d8bbwe!ContentProcess#{0003140C-0001-0000-2F5D-A70300000000} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout." Event ID 1000 Application Errors: ================================== EMODEL.dll (Few) Faulting application name: MicrosoftEdge.exe, version: 11.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0x5bcc2c99 Faulting module name: EMODEL.dll, version: 11.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0x5bcc2a1f Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x0000000000190d6e Faulting process ID: 0x66b0 Faulting application start time: 0x01d475b649cb86a7 Faulting application path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wek yb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wek yb3d8bbwe\EMODEL.dll Report ID: eb684595-c438-43c1-8573-c970b067ac16 Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_42.17134.1.0_neutral__8wek yb3d8bbwe Faulting package-relative application ID: MicrosoftEdge EdgeContent.dll (Many) --------------------- Faulting application name: MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe, version: 11.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0x5bcc2819 Faulting module name: EdgeContent.dll, version: 11.0.17134.376, time stamp: 0xfc8bc76b Exception code: 0xc0000409 Fault offset: 0x00000000000afc2a Faulting process ID: 0x550 Faulting application start time: 0x01d475b64f8a75a4 Faulting application path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wek yb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\EdgeContent.dll Report ID: 07d7b5e6-149d-49e8-97a6-0bf069162060 Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_42.17134.1.0_neutral__8wek yb3d8bbwe Faulting package-relative application ID: ContentProcess https://borncity.com/win/2017/09/26/...re-or-crashes/ A commenter there mentions that "RAC_LaunchFlags" was present on a previous Win10 release, and it doesn't get migrated properly. Still no mention of exactly what it does. The 17134 I just installed via the RecoveryDrive experiment, doesn't have that key either. I've not had any visible problems with Edge similar to the ones you've had. I wonder if the reinstall actually does anything, and it's that registry setting that is helping ? In another thread, instead of using command line, there was mention of a mechanism in Apps, to reset/reinstall an app. I've shut down my Win10 right now, and won't be booting to check that out :-) I've hit my boot limit for Win10 at the moment, after many many boot cycles :-) I wonder if Microsoft will ever be able to shed the feeling of "Beta Software" ? A permanent Beta. We can't "wait until after SP1, for it to settle down". Paul |
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On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:59:48 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:49:06 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:54:36 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:01:25 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote: Trying to open Edge by any method fails. An empty window pops up only briefly. I've tried several suggested fixes so far in vain. Most attempts were handicapped because I also had a freezing mouse problem. Now that's fixed I'll repeat some 'fixes' methodically, but would appreciate any suggestions please. Here's my suggestion: stop trying to use Edge (the *worst* of all available browsers, in my opinion) and switch to almost any other browser. My personal choice is FireFox. I agree with that. Edge is very poor. I've been using Chrome since Google first produced it. I use bookmarks rather than shortcuts. I'm in the great minority, I know, but as far as I'm concerned Edge is the worst browser and Chrome is the second worst browser. It's only slightly better than Edge. I can't find anything wrong with Chrome. What should I know about it that makes it a bad browser? Steve -- http://www.npsnn.com |
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On Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:20:59 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote: On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:59:48 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:49:06 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:54:36 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:01:25 +0000, Terry Pinnell wrote: Trying to open Edge by any method fails. An empty window pops up only briefly. I've tried several suggested fixes so far in vain. Most attempts were handicapped because I also had a freezing mouse problem. Now that's fixed I'll repeat some 'fixes' methodically, but would appreciate any suggestions please. Here's my suggestion: stop trying to use Edge (the *worst* of all available browsers, in my opinion) and switch to almost any other browser. My personal choice is FireFox. I agree with that. Edge is very poor. I've been using Chrome since Google first produced it. I use bookmarks rather than shortcuts. I'm in the great minority, I know, but as far as I'm concerned Edge is the worst browser and Chrome is the second worst browser. It's only slightly better than Edge. I can't find anything wrong with Chrome. What should I know about it that makes it a bad browser? Sorry, it's been too long since I gave it a thorough try, and I can't remember the details of what I didn't like about it. But it really doesn't matter. You should ignore my preferences (and everyone else's) and use what you like best. |
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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
Ken Blake wrote: I'm in the great minority, I know, but as far as I'm concerned Edge is the worst browser and Chrome is the second worst browser. It's only slightly better than Edge. I can't find anything wrong with Chrome. What should I know about it that makes it a bad browser? Not sure you'll get any details from Ken. Perhaps Ken is arguing about privacy concerns. You don't need to have Chrome log into a Google account. You don't need a Google account to use Chrome. You can tweak Chrome or add extensions to undo some of the security issues. You have to do the same with Firefox since Mozilla has added support for features that you might want disabled. I have both Google Chrome and Firefox. Both need to be locked down from their install-time configs. An advantage with Firefox is that you can go into about:config to make tweaks that are not available in Chrome except by installing more extensions. In Firefox, it's an option to focus on (move to) tabs after clicking on a hyperlink. In Chrome, you have to install an extension. However, some settings in Firefox are overly coarse. Disabling WebRTC in Firefox kills all of it. The WebRTC Leak Prevent extension for Chrome is more elegant. In Firefox with WebRTC disabled, I cannot use the Google Voice site but it is usable in Chrome with the extension yet testing at https://ipleak.net/ shows Chrome with the extension has WebRTC blocked. With the extension, I can select different policies, like blocking WebRTC only on the public interface, public and private, or to force use of a proxy. Firefox is still a little slower and less HTML5 compliant (plus Mozilla has added their own "spin" or added features on some HTML5 elements that are non-standard) than Chrome but I can more easily tweak Firefox. Google keeps taking away handy tweaks in chrome://flags but some remain that I want, like "Save page as MHTML" (enabled) and "Identity consistency between browser and cookie jar" (disabled). If Firefox Quantum were configured to similar to Chrome regarding the maximum number of content processes allowed, Firefox would be an extreme memory hog compared to Chrome. Google came up with "Strict site isolation" (experimental at first, now standard) long before Mozilla got around to mitigating Meltdown and Spectre. Mozilla had a defect with their Site Preferences feature that would allow tracking of a particular Firefox instance due to retention of HSTS supercookies across non-private sessions. The only fix is to configure Firefox to purge all Site Preferences upon exit, always use private sessions in Firefox, or keep deleting the SiteSecurityServiceState.txt file after exiting Firefox. HSTS supercookies are saved between non-private sessions while they are deleted between private session; however, HSTS supercookies aren't deleted until you exit the private browser session, so there is still possible tracking across tabs within the same session. I just have Firefox purge everything, including Site Preferences, upon its exit. Alas, the demo site for testing HSTS supercookies (http://www.radicalresearch.co.uk/lab/hstssupercookies) no longer exists. Testing of Google Chrome showed it wasn't retaining HSTS supercookie data between sessions. You can see Chrome's HSTS supercookie info at chrome://net-internals/#hsts. I queried on google.com and it listed one, so I'm not sure how the demo page declares HSTS supercookies cannot be used to track you. In Firefox, you cannot see individual HSTS supercookie data as it is buried into the Site Preferences database. Firefox has an about:config setting to disable its captive portal detection (which sends a success.txt test file to firefox.com). Google added it in v63 about half a year later. Firefox sends traffic to an unintended server (not to where the user pointed the web browser). Google also sends traffic to gstatic.com or google.com. Both go out to a test server to check if the client can reach it (not captive) or not (captive). I haven't found how to disable captive portal detection in Chrome. --disable-chrome-captive-portal-detector command-line switch is only available when using a shortcut or command line, not when clicking on a hyperlink, plus this switch was removed back in 2013 by a single user request without discussion. No matter which web browser you use, even those that claim to be more secure, it's still up to you to know how to configure it to be MORE secure depending on what functions you want to throttle when exposing yourself in the Web. |
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:53:25 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: Ken Blake wrote: I'm in the great minority, I know, but as far as I'm concerned Edge is the worst browser and Chrome is the second worst browser. It's only slightly better than Edge. I can't find anything wrong with Chrome. What should I know about it that makes it a bad browser? Not sure you'll get any details from Ken. Perhaps Ken is arguing about privacy concerns. No. My dislike of Chrome mostly had to do with its interface, but as I said, I don't remember the details. You don't need to have Chrome log into a Google account. You don't need a Google account to use Chrome. You can tweak Chrome or add extensions to undo some of the security issues. Yes, I know all of those things. |
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Ken Blake wrote:
VanguardLH wrote: You don't need to have Chrome log into a Google account. You don't need a Google account to use Chrome. You can tweak Chrome or add extensions to undo some of the security issues. ... snipped all the other comments Yes, I know all of those things. Oh (raised eyebrow with side glance), okay. |
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 19:29:30 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Blake wrote: VanguardLH wrote: You don't need to have Chrome log into a Google account. You don't need a Google account to use Chrome. You can tweak Chrome or add extensions to undo some of the security issues. ... snipped all the other comments Yes, I know all of those things. Oh (raised eyebrow with side glance), okay. You don't believe me? That's fine. I don't care whether or not you do. |
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