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[–] ultimitchow 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i uninstalled edge. that solved most of my edge related problems.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Dude, please explain how, because I cannot on Windows 10 as far as I’m aware.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

Shipping five separate executables to avoid CLI arguments is the most Windowsy thing ever.

[–] ultimitchow 5 points 8 months ago

When I made a fresh install of windows 11 a few months ago I used this tool. The readme says it works on windows 10 but I’ve never tried it myself on 10. https://github.com/LeDragoX/Win-Debloat-Tools

When I got rid of edge on windows 10 a few years ago I think I booted into a live linux USB stick and deleted or renamed the edge directory. Maybe that doesn’t quite fit the definition of uninstall but the end result was edge couldn’t run afterward which is what I wanted.

I don’t remember if disabling edge updates is part of the debloat tools or if I did this myself, but the tasks starting with MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask in Task Scheduler are disabled now on my system. Method 3 of this guide shows how to find those tasks. https://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-or-remove-microsoftedgeupdate-exe-process-running-in-task-manager/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

well last time i tried doing that all pdf files got borked with no way to fix the issue, on windows 11.
there used to be a semi official way to do it in win10 from 2021-2024, they broke it in January and reinstalled edge tho