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Thank you! Just encountered this problem and this worked!
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?
Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10
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Anonymous
2025-05-21T01:25:57+00:00 -
Anonymous
2025-05-20T23:55:40+00:00 This fully worked for me and was extremely easy to follow. Thanks!
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Anonymous
2025-05-20T22:41:43+00:00 Larry,
This worked perfectly! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
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
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Anonymous
2025-05-20T22:38:32+00:00 Use chrome ✅
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Anonymous
2025-05-20T22:16:06+00:00 I noticed this yesterday morning too! This has got to be something with Microsoft. Any real answer here for a long term solution?