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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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Ok - since my post this morning - I reset Edge and it now closes. I do not know why it played up or why it works on the laptop, but if other people are having an issue - it must be something that has updated.
I had the same issue, I saw the original post this morning and ran some tests before posting. This seems to be working for me:
1 Click three dots at top right
2 Click settings
3 Click System and performance
4 Click System
Turn off the following:
I have not determined which is the issue but turning each back on one at a time and testing can be done by you. But this did work for me.
Larry
IT Professional
This did sort it out immediately; Thank you, Larry
Thanks Larry,
I think in my case it was the "graphics acceleration" causing the problem.
Stan
I had the same issue, I saw the original post this morning and ran some tests before posting. This seems to be working for me:
1 Click three dots at top right
2 Click settings
3 Click System and performance
4 Click System
Turn off the following:
I have not determined which is the issue but turning each back on one at a time and testing can be done by you. But this did work for me.
Larry
IT Professional
I can confirm that the solution offered by Larry Rich1 is successful.
I managed to restore the ability to close the browser by turning off the following settings, one by one, and force-closing Edge after each, in order to identify which action worked:
After turning off "Start-up boost" and restarting edge - no effect
After turning off "Continue running background extensions" and restarting edge - no effect
After turning off "Use graphics acceleration" and restarting edge - I could finally close Edge once more.
I then re-enabled each option, one at a time, and found that Edge will now close.
Like greenfid, my culprit was graphics acceleration. After toggling these settings back on, I can still close Edge.