How to open URL in Microsoft Edge from the command line

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I need to open URL in Microsoft Edge  on Windows 10   When I invoke  start shell AppsFolder Microsoft MicrosoftEdge 8wekyb3d8bbwe MicrosoftEdge http   www google com   then Microsoft Edge is started correctly but it doesn t open the given URL  www google com  in this case   It opens Bing search where the given URL is used as a search term instead

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It will do more or less the same thing in good old dos script fashion  set add  1 if  add       set add  about blank   amp  amp  goto launch  rem http    set test  add  0  7  if  test     http    goto launch  rem ftp     set test  add  0  6  if  test     ftp    goto launch  rem https    set test  add  0  8  if  test     https    goto launch  rem add http set add http    add    launch start microsoft-edge  add

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I want to complement other answers here in regards to opening a blank tab in Microsoft Edge from command-line   One observation that I want to add from my end is that Windows doesn t detect the command microsoft-edge if I remove the trailing colon  I thought it would be the case when I ve to open the browser without mentioning the target URL e g  in case of opening a blank tab   How to open a blank tab in Microsoft Edge    From run prompt - microsoft-edge about blank From command prompt - start microsoft-edge about blank   You can also initiate a search using Edge from run prompt  Let s say I ve to search Barack Obama then fire below command on run prompt-  microsoft-edge Barack Obama   It starts Microsoft s Bing search website in Edge with Barack Obama as search term

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and a shortcut   C  Windows System32 cmd exe  c start shell AppsFolder Microsoft MicrosoftEdge 8wekyb3d8bbwe MicrosoftEdge http   localhost 6516

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Windows 10  Create a shortcut with this destination    windir  system32 cmd exe  c  start microsoft-edge https   twitter com

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microsoft-edge http   google com  open google as desired  microsoft-edge   just open

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All the other solutions work for Microsoft Edge  legacy  and on Windows 10 only  As of 2020  it will be discontinued and replaced by Microsoft Edge  Chromium based    The solution that works with the new Edge on Windows 7  8 and 10 is    start msedge URL   Source     https   en wikipedia org wiki Microsoft Edge Anaheim  2019 E2 80 93present  https   docs microsoft com en-us deployedge microsoft-edge-sysupdate-windows-updates

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The following method should work via Command Prompt  cmd    start microsoft-edge http   www cnn com

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While the accepted answer is correct  it has the unwanted artifact of flashing a console window when running from a non-console application   The solution I found works best  which is only mentioned here in a comments to the question  is the following command line   explorer exe  microsoft-edge  lt URL gt     Keep in mind that if  contains the   sign you will need to type    as Windows uses the symbol for variable expansion   Hope someone finds this helpful

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Personally  I use this function which I created and put in my profile script     Documents WindowsPowerShell     profile  feel free to use it  As I am from the UK  I prefer to go to  co uk where possible  if you are from another area  you can add your own country code     Function taking parameter add  address  and opens in edge  Function edge       param  add      if  -not   add -contains  https   www   -or  add -contains  http   www               if   add 0  -eq  w  -and  add 1  -eq  w  -and  add 2  -eq  w                  add    https        add           else                add    https   www      add                        If no domain  tries to add  co uk  if fails uses  com     if  -not   add -match   co  -or  add -match   uk  -or  add -match   com              try                test    add     co uk               HTTP Request     System Net WebRequest   Create  test               HTTP Response    HTTP Request GetResponse                add    add     co uk            catch               add    add     com                      Write-Host  Taking you to  add      start microsoft-edge  add     Then you just have to call  edge google in powershell to go to https   www google co uk

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Looks like things have changed and the previous solution doesn t work anymore   However  here is the working command to launch CNN com on Microsoft Edge   microsoft-edge http   www cnn com

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I would like to recommend  Microsoft Edge Run Wrapper https   github com mihula RunEdge  You run it this way   RunEdge exe  URL     where URL may or may not contains protocol  http      when not provided  wrapper adds http    if URL not provided at all  it just opens edge   Examples   RunEdge exe http   google com RunEdge exe www stackoverflow com   It is not exactly new way how to do it  but it is wrapped as exe file  which could be useful in some situations  For me it is way how to start Edge from IBM Notes Basic client

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I too was wondering why you can t just start microsoftedge exe  like you do  old-style  applications in windows 10   Searching the web  I found the answer -- it has to do with how Microsoft implemented  Universal Apps    Below is a brief summary taken from that answer  but I recommend reading the entire entry  because it gives a great explanation of how these  Universal Apps  are being dealt with   Microsoft Edge is not the only app like this we ll be dealing with   Here s the link  http   www itworld com article 2943955 windows how-to-script-microsofts-edge-browser html  Here s the summary from that page    Microsoft Edge is a  Modern  Universal app  This means it can t be opened from the command line in the traditional Windows manner    Executable name followed by command switches parameter values  But where there s a will  there s a way  In this case  the  way  is known as protocol activation    Kudos to the author of the article  Stephen Glasskeys

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