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Larry's solution worked for me, but this just validates why Edge only has a worldwide market share of 14% for desktop browsers.
Edge will not close - any help please?
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Anonymous
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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Anonymous
2025-05-18T04:30:25+00:00 -
Anonymous
2025-05-18T05:11:28+00:00 Clicked off "Graphics Acceleration" and restarted.
Worked great. Now closes. Turned Graphics Acceleration back on and no more issues.
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Anonymous
2025-05-18T12:56:17+00:00 I never use Edge but opened it this morning by clicking on the icon in upper-right corner "Learn about this picture" for that reason. BTW, I recently upgraded to Win11, which I'm not very happy about anyway. Anyway, after reading the blurb (which told me nothing about a boat being on top of trees), I clicked the Red X to close Edge. It wouldn't close! Nothing closed it except Task Manager. Making a user go thru hoops just to close a program is outrageous. Fix this bug!
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Anonymous
2025-05-18T13:56:03+00:00 I did all of that last night and it was still a problem.
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Anonymous
2025-05-18T13:58:06+00:00 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
Thank you SO MUCH!
This worked for me in my situation.
Respect!
Turning off start up boost solved the problem, but something else is wrong. My other computer has boost turned on and there is not problem closing Edge.