How to open URL in Microsoft Edge from the command line?

Question

I need to open URL in Microsoft Edge (on Windows 10). When I invoke

start shell:AppsFolder\\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge http://www.go         


        

Answer 1

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.