MicrosoftEdge.exe
Summary
Legacy Microsoft Edge browser (UWP version, pre-Chromium). This is the original Edge browser included with Windows 10 before being replaced by the Chromium-based msedge.exe. Launched by svchost.exe as a UWP application.
MicrosoftEdge.exe is the 321st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 28,620 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe99.99%
- C:\Windows\Temp\...0.01%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 5058a4b1d3986ecd844349378dfbedb4c0d4e3049afd4175d7e792cb78ab17ff9.34%
- 4862e1dd0b534de4d1b4e311492738f4af7346fec8d1a6e18b4e11e41d693f3c8.64%
- bb92063aee2b372b9daae9cd3fe3fe69e512735ef21b5daa3cbd27084d45034d6.36%
- 05fbbf6fb60254a169bd9bb0cc9954a3c358dbc1cca73765eaebe6d343536b895.98%
- 3e8b24278d2972481eb1a552cee7430ace623926be1799d2547bffcbf144cfd25.03%
- 3c8d60a8563245787be904c4316ee082c70ff153ed8dd6f74a5bae8f3e8c51bb3.89%
- 9eb9260ee3de44af1bd6f4ac55bd174734e20de5722758a6668bf6784904b98c3.42%
- 6f2e9955b33fa7781fdd96f41bfa523d09c955ce1fd343ee16325e6141635ebc2.51%
- d4ae1afc8345edec3944de6a76696dbc1b1c6728541acc37b635119d6509256e2.47%
- 88498a2a3d43fa1ef6dd43969a239b15f63a8fcf2de32ca40e706b763411615c2.23%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe100%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe99.98%
- explorer.exe0.01%
- Launchy.exe0.01%
Top Children
- WerFault.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does MicrosoftEdge.exe normally do?
Located in C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_*. Launched by svchost.exe. Being phased out in favor of Chromium-based msedge.exe.
When is MicrosoftEdge.exe suspicious?
Spawning shells (cmd.exe, powershell.exe). DLL sideloading. Scheduled tasks launching the browser.
How do attackers abuse MicrosoftEdge.exe?
Same as other browsers — shell spawning and DLL sideloading are the primary concerns.
Detection guidance
Monitor for shell spawning. DLL sideloading via application directory.
False positive notes
Normal browser operation. Being replaced by msedge.exe.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.