Question Microsoft Edge crashed and refuses to start again

[pandapoodle]

I opened a google document tab on Microsoft Edge which responded by immediately crashing without error message and now it refuses to start again. I attempt to start it but literally nothing happens. No Window. No error. Nothing.

I have tried:
1) Rebooting: Issue persists.
2) Repairing through the App settings: It goes through the motions but issue persists, even after more reboots.
3) Uninstalling I cant due to an error pop-up: "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personell package vendor."
4) Downloading and Installing Edge again: It goes through the motions, but issue persists.
5) Venturing into the AppData/Local/Packages/ and removing the Microsoft Edge folders there: It did not seen to have any effect so I put them back.

If anyone has a good idea I am all ears. I really want to avoid re-installing the entire OS over this however.

 

[Lutfij]

Seems to me like your OS is playing with you. What version(not edition) of the OS are you working with? Could you see if there's a restore point prior to the issue you've encountered? Also, you sure the document wasn't infected?

 

[Colif]

right click start button

choose powershell (admin)

copy/paste this command into window:

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth

and press enter

Then type SFC /scannow

and press enter

Restart PC if SFC fixes any files as some fixes require a restart to be implemented

First command repairs the files SFC uses to clean files, and SFC fixes system files

SFC = System File Checker. First command runs DISM - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/what-is-dism?view=windows-11