Doesn't work when edge is fully uninstalled #26

androidacy-user · 2021-12-06T01:17:11Z

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The App appears in the system tray
Running microsoft-edge:https://google.com redirects successfully

Describe the bug
I've uninstalled Edge completely using the setup.exe in the application folder. Instead of opening a window, it just shows a white window two or three times and stops.

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Windows Version: 11
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rcmaehl · 2021-12-06T02:18:30Z

Are you using Service Mode or Active Mode. I can see this happening for Service Mode, but Active Mode should still work.

androidacy-user · 2021-12-06T02:26:51Z

I tried both with the same result.

rcmaehl · 2021-12-06T02:29:36Z

I'll look into this for 0.5.0.0. Will probably just need to drop in a placeholder .exe

androidacy-user · 2021-12-06T02:30:17Z

Understood

rcmaehl · 2021-12-06T05:15:31Z

If you put any exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application, rename it to msedge.exe, and then try again. Do you get the same result?

androidacy-user · 2021-12-06T15:18:05Z

Same result.

wmaniac · 2021-12-09T22:26:18Z

Hi,

I have uninstalled edge (chromium) and edge legacy using NTlite, then there is nomore microsoft-edge protocol handler.

So your apps will not work.

thank you.

rcmaehl · 2021-12-10T01:31:38Z

Manually launching a replacement msedge.exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application - Works
Running microsoft-edge:https://google.com - Doesn't work

It looks like it might be being routed through backgroundTaskHost.exe so I'll investigate that route.

rcmaehl · 2021-12-10T05:16:18Z

Unfortunately, it looks like there's some sort of protections in place that I haven't figured out yet. If Edge isn't installed, it knows better than to trust C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe but if Edge IS installed, you can replace that file with whatever you want as long as IEFO are set and Windows won't care.

androidacy-user · 2021-12-10T05:18:27Z

Would it be possible to "install" some sort of stub and make windows happy? Ie force it to think edge is indeed installed?

rcmaehl · 2021-12-10T05:21:16Z

Would it be possible to "install" some sort of stub and make windows happy? Ie force edge to think edge is indeed installed?

Currently Analyzing the changes between an edge install and one missing. Hopefully it's just a few registry values I have to readd, but we'll see.

rcmaehl · 2021-12-10T05:46:30Z

I've extracted the following registry changes, but it wasn't let me import them directly on my end. This is assuming, of course, that there's not additional checks in place.

Testreg.reg

Edited: Ruled out and trimmed off about 100KB

rcmaehl · 2021-12-12T06:31:49Z

Due to release deadline. I'm pushing back my investigation to, at least, 0.6.

rcmaehl · 2021-12-17T18:06:36Z

Clearing Milestone until I can investigate the issue and have a rough solution that can be incorporated.

rcmaehl · 2022-01-03T17:13:45Z

@androidacybot I've heard reports this is changed in the latest builds? Can you verify at all?

androidacy-user · 2022-01-03T18:31:07Z

@rcmaehl no change. Still blank edge window flashes twice, then complains it can't open edge.

androidacy-user · 2022-01-03T18:38:45Z

A rather suboptimal but temporary workaround is to just leave edge in-place. I don't like having extra apps I don't use installed but it works.

rcmaehl · 2022-05-27T21:09:15Z

Whoops, meant to actually close the issue. What I get for using mobile github I guess lol

kvistgaard · 2022-08-06T20:53:33Z

I have Edge uninstalled completely (don't remember how I made it but it was using CMD only) and the redirect doesn't work. Please help me understand what to do. Why is this issue closed?

androidacy-user · 2022-08-06T20:56:12Z

I have Edge uninstalled completely (don't remember how I made it but it was using CMD only) and the redirect doesn't work. Please help me understand what to do. Why is this issue closed?

Use the removal script linked in the README instead of manually removing

AveYo · 2022-08-22T09:22:28Z

@rcmaehl, can you please adjust your solution's uninstall in order to NOT remove Programdata\ie_to_edge_stub.exe?
My script's uninstall does not remove it, it's commented out:

:remove
del /f /q "%ProgramData%\ChrEdgeFkOff.*" "%MSEPath%chredge.exe" >nul 2>nul
rem del /f /q "%ProgramData%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe"

It reduces the need to reinstall Edge just for the stub and then remove it again.

In other news I've adjusted ChrEdgeFkOff to play nicer with your solution:

if Edge was removed, then ChrEdgeFkOff was installed and then removed, it left a blank path in the registry, and when users tried MSEdgeRedirect it would not do anything.
you don't have to do anything, but for future-proofing it's probably safer to make sure HKCR\microsoft-edge\shell\open\command and HKCR\MSEdgeHTM\shell\open\command are set appropriately

rcmaehl · 2022-08-22T12:05:59Z

@rcmaehl, can you please adjust your solution's uninstall in order to NOT remove Programdata\ie_to_edge_stub.exe? My script's uninstall does not remove it, it's commented out:
:remove
del /f /q "%ProgramData%\ChrEdgeFkOff.*" "%MSEPath%chredge.exe" >nul 2>nul
rem del /f /q "%ProgramData%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe"
It reduces the need to reinstall Edge just for the stub and then remove it again.

In other news I've adjusted ChrEdgeFkOff to play nicer with your solution:

if Edge was removed, then ChrEdgeFkOff was installed and then removed, it left a blank path in the registry, and when users tried MSEdgeRedirect it would not do anything.

you don't have to do anything, but for future-proofing it's probably safer to make sure HKCR\microsoft-edge\shell\open\command and HKCR\MSEdgeHTM\shell\open\command are set appropriately

I'm assuming you mean

MSEdgeRedirect/MSEdgeRedirect_Wrapper.au3

Line 103 in 135eb7b

    
           RegDelete($sHive & "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ie_to_edge_stub.exe")

Okay, I can remove that.

AveYo · 2022-08-22T12:49:45Z

Not the registry, the actual file in ProgramData.

rcmaehl · 2022-08-22T13:02:49Z

Not the registry, the actual file in ProgramData.

WHOOPS. That should be fixed now.

AveYo · 2022-08-22T16:37:26Z

Thank you!
A user was doing multiple install / remove with all our solutions and complained it's not working - and that was because the stub got deleted along the way.

I haven't looked at your code, but it seems you only check for IFEO ie_to_edge_stub.exe presence.
But in the scenario above (user playing with ChrEdgeFkOff toggle after Edge_Removal), those reg keys can be removed.
So it's better to alternatively check if ProgramData\ie_to_edge_stub.exe exists, and if so, add all the redirection reg keys yourself rather than only modify existing, so that you can make use of the stub regardless.

reg add "HKCR\microsoft-edge" /f /ve /d URL:microsoft-edge >nul
reg add "HKCR\microsoft-edge" /f /v "URL Protocol" /d "" >nul
reg add "HKCR\microsoft-edge" /f /v "NoOpenWith" /d "" >nul
reg add "HKCR\microsoft-edge\shell\open\command" /f /ve /d "\"%ProgramData%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe\" %%1" >nul
reg add "HKCR\MSEdgeHTM" /f /v "NoOpenWith" /d "" >nul
reg add "HKCR\MSEdgeHTM\shell\open\command" /f /ve /d "\"%ProgramData%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe\" %%1" >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe" /f /v UseFilter /d 1 /t reg_dword >nul >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe\0" /f /v FilterFullPath /d "%ProgramData%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe" >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe\0" /f /v Debugger /d "%ProgramFiles%\MSEdgeRedirect\MSEdgeRedirect.exe" >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\msedge.exe" /f /v UseFilter /d 1 /t reg_dword >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\msedge.exe\0" /f /v FilterFullPath /d "%MSE%" >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\msedge.exe\0" /f /v Debugger /d "%ProgramFiles%\MSEdgeRedirect\MSEdgeRedirect.exe" >nul

rcmaehl · 2022-08-22T16:38:19Z

Thank you! A user was doing multiple install / remove with all our solutions and complained it's not working - and that was because the stub got deleted along the way.

I haven't looked at your code, but it seems you only check for IFEO ie_to_edge_stub.exe presence. But in the scenario above (user playing with ChrEdgeFkOff toggle after Edge_Removal), those reg keys can be removed. So it's better to alternatively check if ProgramData\ie_to_edge_stub.exe exists, and if so, add all the redirection reg keys yourself rather than only modify existing, so that you can make use of the stub regardless.
reg add "HKCR\microsoft-edge" /f /ve /d URL:microsoft-edge >nul
reg add "HKCR\microsoft-edge" /f /v "URL Protocol" /d "" >nul
reg add "HKCR\microsoft-edge" /f /v "NoOpenWith" /d "" >nul
reg add "HKCR\microsoft-edge\shell\open\command" /f /ve /d "\"%ProgramData%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe\" %%1" >nul
reg add "HKCR\MSEdgeHTM" /f /v "NoOpenWith" /d "" >nul
reg add "HKCR\MSEdgeHTM\shell\open\command" /f /ve /d "\"%ProgramData%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe\" %%1" >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe" /f /v UseFilter /d 1 /t reg_dword >nul >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe\0" /f /v FilterFullPath /d "%ProgramData%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe" >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\ie_to_edge_stub.exe\0" /f /v Debugger /d "%ProgramFiles%\MSEdgeRedirect\MSEdgeRedirect.exe" >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\msedge.exe" /f /v UseFilter /d 1 /t reg_dword >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\msedge.exe\0" /f /v FilterFullPath /d "%MSE%" >nul
reg add "%IFEO%\msedge.exe\0" /f /v Debugger /d "%ProgramFiles%\MSEdgeRedirect\MSEdgeRedirect.exe" >nul

I'll get that implemented. Thank you.

sdzkHelince · 2022-12-02T20:06:08Z

Hello, I removed Edge using AveYo's Edge Remover, but when installing MSER, I can't choose "Removed via AveYo's method", so I choosed Edge Stable. After that, redirecting works, but when I use internet search in start menu, it searches in bing (i chose google).

rcmaehl · 2022-12-02T20:07:12Z

Hello, I removed Edge using AveYo's Edge Remover, but when installing MSER, I can't choose "Removed via AveYo's method", so I choosed Edge Stable. After that, redirecting works, but when I use internet search in start menu, it searches in bing (i chose google).

Please try the latest test build:

https://nightly.link/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/workflows/MSER/0.8.0.0-dev/mser.zip

sdzkHelince · 2022-12-02T20:21:15Z

Hello, I removed Edge using AveYo's Edge Remover, but when installing MSER, I can't choose "Removed via AveYo's method", so I choosed Edge Stable. After that, redirecting works, but when I use internet search in start menu, it searches in bing (i chose google).

Please try the latest test build:

https://nightly.link/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/workflows/MSER/0.8.0.0-dev/mser.zip

I tried, no luck. Also, tried couple times reinstalling edge and deleting again. Didn't help.

rcmaehl · 2022-12-02T20:22:50Z

I'll get this fixed for the 0.7.3.0 release

rcmaehl · 2022-12-26T06:29:30Z

Hello, I removed Edge using AveYo's Edge Remover, but when installing MSER, I can't choose "Removed via AveYo's method", so I choosed Edge Stable. After that, redirecting works, but when I use internet search in start menu, it searches in bing (i chose google).

Please try the latest test build:
https://nightly.link/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/workflows/MSER/0.8.0.0-dev/mser.zip

I tried, no luck. Also, tried couple times reinstalling edge and deleting again. Didn't help.

Please try the new test build and let me know if that improves things:

https://nightly.link/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/workflows/MSER/0.8.0.0-dev/mser.zip

sdzkHelince · 2022-12-27T17:11:21Z

@rcmaehl No, it does not. But, I actually understood the reason why it didn't work. I have Windows installed on A: drive, but you hardcoded it (at least i guess) to C: drive. Sorry if I made you make more work 😥

rcmaehl · 2022-12-27T17:12:51Z

@rcmaehl No, it does not. But, I actually understood the reason why it didn't work. I have Windows installed on A: drive, but you hardcoded it (at least i guess) to C: drive. Sorry if I made you make more work 😥

I knew this would eventually come for me. Should be a mostly easy fix at least. Just tedious.

rcmaehl · 2022-12-27T22:53:53Z

@rcmaehl No, it does not. But, I actually understood the reason why it didn't work. I have Windows installed on A: drive, but you hardcoded it (at least i guess) to C: drive. Sorry if I made you make more work 😥

I've corrected that for the latest test build. Same URL as always:

https://nightly.link/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/workflows/MSER/0.8.0.0-dev/mser.zip

sdzkHelince · 2022-12-29T21:53:07Z

@rcmaehl No, it does not. But, I actually understood the reason why it didn't work. I have Windows installed on A: drive, but you hardcoded it (at least i guess) to C: drive. Sorry if I made you make more work 😥

I've corrected that for the latest test build. Same URL as always:

https://nightly.link/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/workflows/MSER/0.8.0.0-dev/mser.zip

ye, it works now!

rcmaehl · 2022-12-29T21:53:45Z

@rcmaehl No, it does not. But, I actually understood the reason why it didn't work. I have Windows installed on A: drive, but you hardcoded it (at least i guess) to C: drive. Sorry if I made you make more work 😥

I've corrected that for the latest test build. Same URL as always:
https://nightly.link/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/workflows/MSER/0.8.0.0-dev/mser.zip

ye, it works now!

kristibektashi · 2023-05-04T19:53:50Z

@rcmaehl no change. Still blank edge window flashes twice, then complains it can't open edge.

That blank window is actually a UWP window that spawns because Windows tries to open Edge Legacy (which is the fallback browser for when Chromium Edge is removed), but because the binaries for Edge Legacy have been removed in Windows 11 and recent Windows 10 versions, it just opens a blank window then shows an error.

I don't know if you already knew this of it this is in any way helpful, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

rcmaehl · 2023-05-04T20:49:32Z

@rcmaehl no change. Still blank edge window flashes twice, then complains it can't open edge.

That blank window is actually a UWP window that spawns because Windows tries to open Edge Legacy (which is the fallback browser for when Chromium Edge is removed), but because the binaries for Edge Legacy have been removed in Windows 11 and recent Windows 10 versions, it just opens a blank window then shows an error.

I don't know if you already knew this of it this is in any way helpful, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Good to know. Thank you

palexdev · 2023-11-02T19:27:49Z

@rcmaehl Sorry to comment on a closed issue, but I still cannot make it work.
What if Edge was removed through a custom ISO such as Tiny11?
To be precise, this is what I have:

If I run microsoft-edge:https://google.com I get this:

(I'm using v0.8.0.0)

kristibektashi · 2023-11-03T05:35:46Z

@palexdev You can try reinstalling Edge then just using MSEdgeRedirect as usual

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