Edge will not close - any help please?

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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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Virginia M 41,895 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2025-05-17T13:38:15+00:00
Hello, I’m Virginia, a fellow user like yourself.

Sorry to hear you’re experiencing problems.

Does the problem occur when using InPrivate mode?

Have you tried resetting Edge?

Please try these cmds:

Right click on start & choose powershell/terminal with admin & type/copy & paste these cmds one at a time then click Enter:
```
SFC /SCANNOW
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup 
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
SFC /SCANNOW
```
Yes the Sfc cmd is run twice.
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Anonymous

2025-05-17T15:10:29+00:00

HI Virginia

I have run the commands you suggest, deleted browsing history and reset Edge but the problem returns after a few minutes.

I can't get it it to occur (yet) in Private Mode.

I was asked about this by a friend this morning and now this afternoon, Edge on my PC has started locking up as well,

It doe not close when I right click on the taskbar icon and select Close Window but I can lslose it down with Task Manager.

My money would be a bug in this months Windows Update.

Stan
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Anonymous

2025-05-17T15:29:52+00:00

I am experiencing the exact same problem. Thanks for raising this; I tried the modify option and no solution.
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Anonymous

2025-05-17T15:37:19+00:00

Dealing with the same issue. Task manager is the only way I've found to close out of edge, I believe this just started happening today, so maybe something related to a recent update? Hopefully this issue is fixed soon. Otherwise I'm switching to a different browser.
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