Solved Edge Settings Search : typing something in the Settings Search box makes page go blank

hexaae · Oct 17, 2023

As already reported in these external threads:

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after I open Settings, as soon as I type something in the Settings Search box (upper left in the page), highlited results go blank (e.g. edge://settings/?search=account), with two strange errors reported in Edge console:

Code:

❌ Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'expectBlockValue')
    at edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:884:104387
    at Array.filter (<anonymous>)
    at wO.mapStateToProps (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:884:104365)
    at i (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1:338377)
    at s (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1:338056)
    at edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1:338006
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at a (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1:337990)
    at AR.renderSecureNetworkSitesRow (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:884:163571)
    at AR.renderSecureNetworkRegion (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:884:162364)
    at AR.render (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:884:145454)
    at i (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1:338683)
    at s (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1:338056)
    at edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1111:1270863
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1111:1270842
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at tte.render (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1111:1270806)
    at Va (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:70046)
    at Wa (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:69841)
    at Tu (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:105470)
    at Cl (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:96928)
    at xl (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:96853)
    at ml (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:93876)
    at edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:45518
    at t.unstable_runWithPriority (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1132:3844)
    at Qo (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:45227)
    at Jo (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:45463)
    at Go (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:45398)
    at fl (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:90642)
    at Object.enqueueSetState (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:19:49183)
    at w.setState (edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:37:1296)
    at edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js:28:15665
    at s (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1119:4094)
    at edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1119:4324
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Object.notifyListeners (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1119:4294)
    at k (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1119:5305)
    at edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1119:6323
    at Object.confirmTransitionTo (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1119:4033)
    at Object.push (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1119:6108)
    at fte.debouncedUpdateUrl (edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1111:1277598)
    at edge://settings/settings.bundle.js:1111:236747

❌ Source modules:
    edge://settings/settings.bundle.js e69378075dcbe7e400aa5c6eeb311f99cb00d1feff186a4dff3c127e44abf722
    edge://settings/lib_react.chunk.js af58d2e8a01668762d64d224a02c3ecf480f13ef40d9d993f541f8adefa3a17c

Already disabled all Add-Ons but nothing changed, and I doubt clearing MS Edge Cookies, cache etc. will help in this case (= it's not an external website). Reproducible also with Edge as Admin.
Ideas? Any other testimonies?

Edge: 118.0.2088.46

hexaae · Oct 17, 2023

This is interesting...
Creating a new user profile under Edge ( edge://settings/profiles ) the new profile browser window will work just fine including Settings Search box!

hexaae · Oct 17, 2023

Oh, well... I was afraid to reset Edge and loose all customized settings etc., but I finally decided to give it a go ( edge://settings/reset )... and it unexpectedly WORKED! Problem solved!
I also re-enabled all my add-ons and everything runs fine including Edge Settings Search box, finally. Didn't loose anything: all my custom settings were still there, same for account and Favorites.

See also here: Reset Settings to Default in Microsoft Edge Tutorial