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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Anonymous

2025-05-20T12:03:44+00:00

Thank you, Larry; your step-by-step guide has resolved the problem with closing Microsoft Edge.
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Anonymous

2025-05-20T12:03:28+00:00

Well this is strange. Since my original post the problem went and Edge closed ok. I had to reset everything as well. Just now I checked and sure enough the problem is back. So what is causing this? Does anyone know?
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Anonymous

2025-05-20T11:25:12+00:00

thank you. That did it for me. And now there is an off-slider for their stupid AI--though I have to keep turning it off.
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Anonymous

2025-05-20T09:24:40+00:00

Only started happening today for me so must be related to a MS update.

Larry's solution (Graphics Acceleration off, restart app and turn back on again) worked - thankyou!
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Anonymous

2025-05-20T07:39:15+00:00

At first, Larry's solve didn't work for me either, until I turned the graphics accelerator on again.

So do Larry's solve, close edge, turn on the settings again and reboot edge. That solved it for me.
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