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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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I had the same issue .
When i clicked on the 3 dots at top of screen and scrolled to the bottom of the pop up menu , at the very bottom it says "Close Microsoft Edge"
I clicked on this and it has been fine since .
Hope this helps .
Larry's suggestion worked for me. I find it pretty funny that MS screwed something up that can only be fixed by turning off settings they definitely want you to keep turned on.
Oh well! 🤷
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 Larry, the graphics acceleration was the culprit in my case.
OS: Windows 11 Home
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950
GPU: AMD Radeon 6700XT
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
me too
Tried the same thing, no effect.