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 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.