Microsoft Edge Driver for Microsoft Edge will work with the Stable channel and all Insider channels. Download the correct Microsoft Edge Driver version for your build of Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) is a Win32 service. In Windows 10 it is starting automatically when the operating system starts. Then the Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) is running as LocalSystem in its own process of MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe'.
Microsoft Edge Update 2020
Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) Defaults in Windows 10
Keeps your Microsoft software up to date. If this service is disabled or stopped, your Microsoft software will not be kept up to date, meaning security vulnerabilities that may arise cannot be fixed and features may not work. This service uninstalls itself when there is no Microsoft software using it.
Microsoft Edge
Default Settings
| Startup type: | Automatic |
| Display name: | Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) |
| Service name: | edgeupdate |
| Service type: | own |
| Error control: | normal |
| Object: | LocalSystem |
| Path: | %ProgramFiles%MicrosoftEdgeUpdateMicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe' /svc |
| Registry key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesedgeupdate |
Default Behavior
Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) is a Win32 service. In Windows 10 it is starting automatically when the operating system starts. Then the Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) is running as LocalSystem in its own process of MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe'. If Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) fails to start, the failure details are being recorded into Event Log. Then Windows 10 will start up and notify the user that the edgeupdate service has failed to start due to the error.
Dependencies
Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) cannot be started under any conditions, if the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service is disabled.
Restore Default Startup Configuration for Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate)
Before you begin doing this, make sure that all the services on which Microsoft Edge Update Service (edgeupdate) depends are configured by default and function properly. See the list of dependencies above.1. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator.
2. Copy the commands below, paste them into the command window and press ENTER:
sc config edgeupdate start= autosc start edgeupdate
3. Close the command window and restart the computer.
The edgeupdate service is using the MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe' file that is located in the %ProgramFiles%MicrosoftEdgeUpdate folder. If the file is changed, damaged or deleted, you can restore its original version from Windows 10 installation media.