Edge will not close - any help please?

Anonymous
2025-05-17T09:07:34+00:00

Ok - This morning I opened Edge (w10) and when I clicked the X to close, it would not close. I tried to minimise and click close, still would not work. I can only close it via task manager or rebooting. Nothing has chnaged since last night, so no idea why it has happened. Is there a simple answer as in apps both uninstall and modify are grayed out.

The PC is mine, not a work one and is W10.

Keith

PS - Just tried with my w10 laptop, am able to close edge as normal. So have no idea why the desktop is playing up. Is there a solution?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T21:05:11+00:00

    Thank you so much! This worked.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T19:52:45+00:00

    Have the same problem. I am not going to jump through hoops to fix a microsoft problem. Edge will never be my primary browser so when I have to use it I will just kill it in Task Manager when done. Will just wait until they fix it in an update. Of course that could be a long wait.

    Decided to turn off graphics acceleration and that did the trick.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T19:41:42+00:00

    Thank you for the info. Worked like a charm.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T19:37:56+00:00

    So disable all the dumb new **** they keep adding to the browser that we never asked for. Same old story.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T19:31:01+00:00

    High helpful information and totatly correct. The only point I will add is that it's the 'User Graphics Accelerator When Available' button which resolves the issue.

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