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Kayle199
Kayle199

Reputation: 73

How to start Microsoft Edge from Python script using webbrowser

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')

Upvotes: 7

Views: 18774

Answers (5)

Void_Unlocked
Void_Unlocked

Reputation: 1

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.

Upvotes: 0

Rajat NIshad
Rajat NIshad

Reputation: 21

import os

os.startfile("msedge")

Upvotes: 2

CurtisG
CurtisG

Reputation: 116

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

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

Upvotes: 10

Lucas Almeida Carotta
Lucas Almeida Carotta

Reputation: 567

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

Upvotes: 1

SukruGokk
SukruGokk

Reputation: 11

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

Upvotes: 1

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