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The dev tools window for Microsoft Edge currently looks like this on my system:

Empty Microsoft Edge Developer Tools window

This has worked before. I don't know why and when exactly this change happened.

I'm on Windows 10.0.14393 and Microsoft Edge 38.14393.0.0.

The dev tools for Internet Explorer 11.953.14393.0 are still functional.

Any ideas?

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    me too! used to work (i mean, it would crash pretty often, but hey, IE/Edge)
    – frumbert
    Commented Apr 13, 2017 at 6:18
  • I was running into the same issue recently. I was able to open F12 from an InPrivate tab as a work around though.
    – milk
    Commented May 2, 2018 at 17:26
  • I have the same problem, private mode does not work either. there are support tickets open at microsoft but not much activity
    – Plippie
    Commented Jul 9, 2018 at 10:15
  • Had the same issue here. Three years old at this point and it appears Edge is still not Production Ready. Seems typical for MS as of late.
    – Valuator
    Commented Aug 6, 2018 at 22:05
  • Anyone know if this is a Group Policy thing? This only seemed to happen after changing to a different company domain on my computer.
    – Cobertos
    Commented Nov 30, 2018 at 16:43

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I opened the devtools in InPrivate-Mode, unfortunately they were empty there too. But after about 5 min they appeared all by themselves :D And now the devtools are working in the normal Tabs also. Magic.

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I had the same problem. Solved by going to https://www.microsoft.com/edge . Downloaded edge setup and reinstalled it. Then the DevTools started to work again

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From the left sidebar, select the Apps & Features option. Select Advanced options for the Microsoft Edge browser application from the list. Click the button labeled "Repair" at the bottom. You can also try resetting the browser by clicking the Reset button if the problem persists.

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f the Microsoft Edge Engineer Devices window stays clear or shows no happy, there could be a few purposes behind this issue. You can try the following troubleshooting steps to fix the issue:

Update Microsoft Edge: Ensure you are utilizing the most recent rendition of Microsoft Edge. Refreshes frequently incorporate bug fixes and enhancements that can determine similarity issues with the Designer Instruments.

Start up Microsoft Edge again: Restart Microsoft Edge after closing all instances. In some cases, a basic restart can determine impermanent errors.

Clear Program Store: Any corrupted or out-of-date data that might be causing the problem can be eliminated by clearing the browser's cache. To clear the cache, navigate to the browser's settings and select either the "Clear browsing data" or "Clear cache" option.

Turn off Extensions: Developer Tools functionality may be compromised by some browser add-ons or extensions. Disable any extensions you have installed for a short time, then check to see if the Developer Tools window starts showing content.

Check the settings of Developer Tools: To access the settings, open the Developer Tools and select the gear icon or menu with three dots. Check to see that "Enable CSS" and "Enable JavaScript" are both turned on.

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In my case, there was some (still unknown to me) user setting that was causing this issue. Deleting the user preferences directory (which can be found by navigating to edge://versoin and searching for the preferences path) worked for me.

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  • edge://versoin does not seem correct. Do you by chance mean edge://version?
    – Ramhound
    Commented Mar 12 at 19:08

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