The issue of specifying a URL when opening a new tab in the Edge browser is currently being addressed by Microsoft. There is a "work-around" solution available. Follow these steps:
- In the Edge browser, navigate to Settings > View Advanced Settings (located at the bottom of the Settings pane)
- Turn on Show the home button
- Enter the URL you wish the Home button to navigate to
Now simply select the home button after you have opened a new tab to navigate to the desired site.
Faulting module name: edgehtml.dll, version: 11.0.10586.162, time stamp: 0x56cd3d95
Exception code: 0x88985004
The Exception code 0x88985004 means DWRITE_E_FILEACCESS
//
// MessageId: DWRITE_E_FILEACCESS
//
// MessageText:
//
// A font file exists but could not be opened due to access denied, sharing violation, or similar error.
//
#define DWRITE_E_FILEACCESS _HRESULT_TYPEDEF_(0x88985004L)
so, you have an issue with fonts (C:\Windows\Fonts).
ok, looking at the dump I see that Edge crashes while trying to load Times New Roman font. So I looked in the Process Monitor log and here I see that the Times New Roman font is not in C:\Windows\fonts, it is located in C:\ProgramData\Samsung\SPenFonts (C:\ProgramData\Samsung\SPenFonts\Times.ttf) and here Edge edge runs into ACCESS DENIED error. Edge has no permission to read the font:
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After this error, The Windows Error Reporting (werfault.exe) is launched and creates the error report (and creates the dump).
So look which Samsung software you have installed, that installs fonts to C:\ProgramData. If you figured out which software does this, remove that software from your device because the Times New Roman font is already part of Windows for ages. There is no need to install the font again.
Best Answer
Go to Extensions in the Edge settings (...) and search for "Tab Activate". Works like a charm. But one has to question the whole Edge product if they can't figure out that when a person opens a new page, it is more likely than not that they would want to see that page. And the fact that a new tab page always shows Bing? How messed up is that? There is an extension "New Google Tab" that opens Google instead and some other extensions that supposedly allow you to customize what page opens. I have read reviews that Edge is better than Chrome but so far not impressed.