Microsoft has become while re-building its Microsoft Edge browser based on the Chromium engine, the same platform that powers other browsers, including here Google Chrome and Vivaldi.

Microsoft Edge is rapidly approaching the stable channel, so users can already download preview builds as part of the Canary, Dev, and Beta builds.

However, as some discovered in the last couple of months, installing Microsoft Edge fails with errors that aren't necessarily straightforward, meaning resolving the reason for the issue isn't always the simplest move to make.

Today, I'll share the steps that you need to follow in order to fix a mistake that doesn't say a lot at first glance:

"There was a problem installing."

As you can see, this error message doesn't even have an error code or perhaps an indication of the items went wrong, therefore the only thing it says would be that the browser failed to install and that's pretty much it.

Most often than not, this error message is caused due to a thing that everybody does: running the installer from another browser.

In other words, if you downloaded the Microsoft Edge installer using Google Chrome and then clicked it from Google's browser, there's a strong possibility that you encountered this error.

If you're fortunate enough, the workaround doesn't require lots of seconds from your time. The one thing you need to do would be to head over to the Downloads folder fitted device (or to the folder where your downloads are stored if you configured a custom location) and launch the installer manually. The Microsoft Edge installer is known as:

MicrosoftEdgeSetup.exe

For most users, this really is enough to obtain the browser up and running. But there's also the unlucky fellows who can't locate the Microsoft Edge installer due to the fact it's not there. In this instance, additional steps are needed.

First and foremost, you need to launch the Registry Editor by pressing Windows key + R and typing regedit. Next, navigate to the following locations according to your Windows 10 version:

32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\F3C4FE00-EFD5-403B-9569-398A20F1BA4A
64-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\F3C4FE00-EFD5-403B-9569-398A20F1BA4A

Once you locate these registry keys, simply delete them in the device.

The next thing is downloading and reinstalling Microsoft Edge. A method reboot shouldn't normally be expected after removing the aforementioned registry key, however i do recommend you to definitely do one, simply to make sure that the registry is reinitialized and all the changes are applied.

When you do this, Microsoft Edge should install and run correctly whatever the browser that you employ to download the installer.

Bear in mind, however, that Microsoft Edge is still a work-in-progress at this time, and difficulties with the installer or when using the browser aren't necessarily very surprising. The objective of these preview builds would be to allow you to try out the applying before the public launch, send feedback to Microsoft, and help it resolve the bugs in anticipation of the stable build release.

According to people familiar with the problem, the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge ought to be finalized early in the year of 2020 and then included because the new default browser in Windows 10 20H1. As per Microsoft's release schedule, the 20H1 feature update is supposed to be pushed to production devices in April or May, making this as soon as once the new Edge should get the go-ahead for production devices too.

Meanwhile, you are able to download preview builds from the new Microsoft Edge for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and macOS.