Edge will not close - any help please?

Anonymous
2025-05-17T09:07:34+00:00

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?

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T19:41:42+00:00

    Thank you for the info. Worked like a charm.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T18:37:37+00:00

    This one worked for me, thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T17:37:12+00:00

    Thanks Larry, worked for me. Clearly a Microsoft issue that's been there without a fix for over a week now.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T17:33:06+00:00

    Thanks Larry- that's worked for me too.

    How did this get past Microsoft's QA? Seems like a pretty big bug ...

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-20T16:57:07+00:00

    For me I only had to disable the Startup Boost and now it closes normally.

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