Opening a new tab in windows 10 edge doesn’t allow setting to home page

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How can I set Windows 10 Edge to go to a particular page, like google when i open a new tab, ie google. This can be done in IE but not Edge?

I have tried the settings but it limits to 3 options, blank, top sites and top sites and recommended sites. I need a 4th option, custom or home.

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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.

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This was happening to me too. Literally as I was writing this post I came across a Technet link and it's now fixed!

Error:

Faulting application name: MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe, version: 11.0.16299.15, time stamp: 0x59cda7cd
Faulting module name: edgehtml.dll, version: 11.0.16299.19, time stamp: 0x4f438703
Exception code: 0x8000ffff
Fault offset: 0x000000000064c834
Faulting process ID: 0x2f54
Faulting application start time: 0x01d346ea44a23ac8
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\edgehtml.dll
Report ID: 902ddd65-50c3-48c8-81d1-d6e6c3c6d447
Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_41.16299.15.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Faulting package-relative application ID: ContentProcess

Solution: Run the following in an elevated Command Prompt:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Spartan" /v RAC_LaunchFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4af16a6b-00fb-452f-91dd-d384a4b0797a/microsoft-edge-crashes-on-windows-10-version-1703?forum=win10itprogeneral

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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.

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