How to start Microsoft Edge from Python script using webbrowser

Question

Using webbrowser lib, I can start both Chrome and Firefox from a python script. It fails for Edge. I noticed ways to start Edge using webdriver but my question here is if it is possible to use the following script for edge. It currently starts Chrome only.

import webbrowser

chrome_path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
edge_path="C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe"

webbrowser.register('chrome', None, webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser(chrome_path))
webbrowser.register('edge', None, webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser(edge_path))

webbrowser.get('chrome').open('http://www.google.com')
webbrowser.get('edge').open('http://www.microsoft.com')

Schleswig

I read somewhere that Edge can't be started by running the exe, it is "different". – Reposition

Answer 1

Cant speak for your version of Windows, but in the latest, the edge filepath is

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

Gelatinize

Answer 2

import os

os.startfile("msedge")

Blackpoll

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This helped me with my problem, thanx. Up until now I was trying subprocess.Popen(["msedge"]) which did not work. – Subsidize

Answer 3

Maybe your path is wrong. Run edge and start task manager. Select edge browser, right click and select 'open file location'(Maybe you can see this name different in task manager bcs I used translate) and then copy the path. set edge_path to this but you should add the file name. For example my edge's exe file's name is 'msedge.exe' dont forget to add this at the and of the path

Baptism

Answer 4

Your implementation plus this answer helped me to open Edge on Linux. Maybe it will help you on Windows also.

Guadalquivir

Answer 5

Instead of:

edge_path="C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe

try:

edge_path="C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\msedge.exe

That's what worked for me atleast And if not then go to program files, select edge and press the .exe files properties and copy the path from there.

Kautz