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?

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-21T18:55:21+00:00

    Fantastic! It worked. Thanks Larry.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-21T18:04:58+00:00

    Same problem. This fixed worked. Thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-21T17:27:01+00:00

    So doing all of the powershell cmds and doing this list of settings has returned my MS Edge back to normal, Thanks for all the work.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-21T17:26:31+00:00

    So doing all of the powershell cmds and doing this list of settings has returned my MS Edge back to normal, Thanks for all the work.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-21T16:05:38+00:00

    This worked for me.

    After making these changes I had to close out through the task manager. I then re-opened the browser and was able to close the window via the "x".

    Thanks

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