Oooo, Disable Fast boot and enable F8, Even better than what I have done to my own computer based on my own research a while back. When I was looking it up, the only option was the "Black Screen"...

That IS an option, and a good one, thank you. Buying Kaspersky and hacking the registry will certainly do the trick, and is good information to have. (For now...) I think having F8 back would be...

I tried the Feedback hub along with a lot of other people that I know. Windows 11 is out and it's broken. Productivity and other tools that make things easy were taken out, and F8 still isn't back...

Well... So far so good for me. After stopping all Edge services and tasks, it's been three days and no shortcut has re-appeared. No registry hacks needed. Now all I have to do is take care of the...

Thanks for the wakeup. ;) If/when they come back, I'll do just that.

Pepanee: RE: your post concerning deletions.
You're absolutely right. All the rest of my entries are simply disabled. Lucky for me, the two entries that I deleted have not come back, nor has the...

Morning has broken, and still no Edge shortcut, but time will still tell. There was no rhyme or reason when it would show up.

Thanks,
Will do. I'll try to post an update tomorrow afternoon.

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Er.... Just so you know,

To delete the Microsoft Edge Updates in the task scheduler I:
1. Typed...

Thank you for your rapid reply. I Did forget to mention that I had done that already. With everything else that I have done, Microsoft Edge no longer appears in the Task Manager. I recently updated...

I have a similar problem, and this is the closest existing thread I could find.

Microsoft edge keeps putting a shortcut on my desktop. I keep removing it, and it just keeps coming back. No...

Live with it????!!! Third Party Software????!!!! You have GOT to be kidding. How in the world, can that feature have been removed? If you are a network Manager, seeing a map of the entire network is...

Cycling the power several times to maybe get an advanced boot option? F8.

Brink, I appreciate your patience. Perhaps I'm missing something. Is there an easy and reliable way to boot to a command...

Thanks Brink,

This is only good for one computer at a time, and the computer has to be operational to use it. F8 was an easy in, to boot into a safe mode before Windows actually completely...

Sorry, I've been out of the loop for a while, and am back reading the posts. I don't think adding safe mode to one computer at a time is an adequate fix. F8 WAS easy, and a go to for millions of...

oooo... Great stuff! Thanks.
I still feel F8 needs to be brought back, but this is something I can really use.
Thanks again Brink. Very helpful information.

Hi Brink,
It's good to hear from you!
I feel things have been made way to complicated. Taking away F8 seriously hampers me in the field. I would like to simplify things again, and ask that F8 be...

Sigh.... I can see your point, but have to disagree. I have an old tool. It functions perfectly, and does everything I need. To replace it with a new tool that doesn't have ALL of the functionality...

Whew! With 51 pages, I have to admit that I have not read the whole thread. Please excuse me If I'm rehashing something. When the taskbar is on auto hide, it does not reveal right away, anywhere you...

This is BS! There needs to be a way to boot directly into safe mode. F8 needs to be brought back. The automated trash we are presented with in the recovery mode is about as subtle as a hand grenade....