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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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It's the "Continue running background extensions and apps...." When I check Task Manager, I saw 14 or more extensions still running. Seems another MS update screwed the process. Once I disabled that one item, used Task Manager to kill Edge and all the tasks, restarted Edge, all is good. That's why I like using Chrome.
Thank you!
Did the trick
That worked. Thank you
I did all that & it didn't work. I could close Edge down with Task Manager, & also by clicking on the three dots in the top right of the browser window & selecting "Close Edge" from the drop-down menu. It's the last option.
I tried all of the suggested fixes (settings and repair) and none have worked for me. I have used Edge for years (I started during a time when Chrome was being sketchy), but it's lost its privileges and Chrome is now the browser of choice.