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As the title says, I was wondering why Edge is running in the background after Windows Update installed and I disabled Copilot from the taskbar. Edge's settings right now are like this:
Sidebar: disabled
Show Bing chat on sidebar: disabled
Startup Boos: disabled
Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed: disabled
And now I found this running in the background with the browser closed:
That's not even the browser's updater service. I stopped the task and it opened itself again a few minutes later.
As if the fake widgets I don't like or use are always running in the background despite many things I've tried, now I have Edge using system resources for no apparent reason.
Please help me find a solution to this problem.
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The number of instances is increasing. I noticed it first at 44, left it for a week just to get 53 and Windows choking at logon. Then I've disabled this madness . Edge is really messed up on some configurations.
Sadly, it made no difference. I have disabled all the things that can possibly keep Edge open, and even disabled it in the startup part in Task Manager, which to my surprise wanted to open like 47 instances, but no, it still remains open after you close Edge, and also reopens itself sometime later.
I'm starting to believe this behavior is not only related to copilot, but the widgets as well since (I think) they use Edgeview to work.
Yes, widgets are also part of the problem.
Sadly, it made no difference. I have disabled all the things that can possibly keep Edge open, and even disabled it in the startup part in Task Manager, which to my surprise wanted to open like 47 instances, but no, it still remains open after you close Edge, and also reopens itself sometime later.
I'm starting to believe this behavior is not only related to copilot, but the widgets as well since (I think) they use Edgeview to work.
I have ALL updates (it's Nov 16 now) and the issue still persists!!!
What about disabling it here? Does it make any difference?
Any of that makes no difference, mate. This is a shameful issue that needs to be acknowledged and fixed soon. It should be a top priority for MS Edge (Chromium), Windows OS devs, or both communicating with each other about this bug.
The answer is simple: no. And that's the problem.