Error - Failed to assume the control of Microsoft Edge

[vishseth]

Hi,

I enabled extension, tried reinstalling extension, also retried login in flow to retry by attaching instance. Still I am getting error : Failed to assume the control of Microsoft edge. Please help someone from Microsoft, how can this issue be resolved. It's too irritating and really sad to see how this product gives errors on basic functionalities and there is no proper documentation. 

I already checked all resolutions on Microsoft docs. 

[Ahammad_Riyaz]

Hi @vishseth 

PAD everyone facing same issue

i hv one solution plz go through it

step by step

once u launch browser pass url nd all

nd create expection for tat launch browser set one variable 

one u done

2 nd step put one if condition if var contains empty - inside again launch edge inside u r having attach running option click on that

next pass same url or title nd close

this solution wil solve ur problem 

Regards

Ahammad Riyaz

[vishseth]

I tried same but still even after retry same error. 

[Ahammad_Riyaz]

In my solution we r not going with retry option,I think u r used launch edge , in launch edge inside u r having option attach running 

so use same url or title wat s previously opened 

[vishseth]

Yes I meant the same I tried using attach instance still it doesn't solve. 

[Ahammad_Riyaz]

Please go through this pics

 

 

[Bleak_Morn]

First, thanks to Ahammad for taking a stab at helping the user answer their question.

I really wish Microsoft would use their spelling and grammar tools to improve the quality of posts like this.  The user's problem ultimately wasn't solved, and everything is written in shorthand.  It'd be cool if MS used its tech to flag such posts for improvement rather than let low quality responses sit around for almost a year without improvement.

In writing this response in Edge it flagged 13 spelling errors.  It's a good post for a draft, but this would be a more useful resource if the content were curated and enhanced by some kind of editorial process.

[Bleak_Morn]

I experienced this issue again, so I tried to use the New Bing AI Chat experience to solve it and made some headway.  Here were it's suggestions:

This error may occur when you run a desktop flow that has a "Launch Edge" action in Microsoft Power Automate (learn.microsoft.com). It could be caused by one of these reasons:

• The web extension is not installed properly or enabled (learn.microsoft.com).

• The browser is not running when the action is executed (learn.microsoft.com).

• The browser is running in private mode (learn.microsoft.com).

• The browser has multiple tabs or windows open (powerusers.microsoft.com).

To fix this error, you can try these steps:

• Make sure the web extension is installed and enabled for Microsoft Edge (learn.microsoft.com).

• Make sure the browser is running before executing the action (learn.microsoft.com).

• Make sure the browser is not running in private mode (learn.microsoft.com).

• Close any other tabs or windows that are not related to the flow (powerusers.microsoft.com).

After trying this and none of it working, I verified the URL from my flow and found that it was valid, but not the URL I had anticipated.

In order to get it to launch, I had to have the browser open and on the specific page listed in the flow - then the flow was able to execute.  I was expecting to be able to run the flow, have it open a browser, then navigate to the URL specified.

So, if you get the same error, maybe one of the steps above will help, or maybe you need to have the browser open and on the specified page for it to function as was my case.