Edge keeps running in the Background

Anonymous
2023-10-23T13:57:28+00:00

Hi All,

I know ... this is old and usually easy ... turn off "Startup Boost" and "Continue running background apps ..."

I have those off and it always worked they way it supposed to.

All of a sudden Edge keeps running.

Indication for still running comes from Ccleaner, which removes all trackers. All of a sudden I get the message:

(paraphrased) Ccleaner can't clean because Edge is still running ... needs to be forced shut down"

In Task manager I also still see 11 Edge processes going even though Edge is shut off.

Again ... "Startup Boost" and "Background Apps ..." are unchecked in settings.

Any suggestions?

I repaired Edge already and nothing changed. Its updated.

PS: I checked in another machine (Win10), same Edge version ... no problems here ... all Edge processes in Task Manager disappear

when shutting Edge down.

Thanks

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-23T17:20:12+00:00

    Hi,

    I'm Pedro A, Independent Advisor

    Try this procedure to disable Edge in the background:

    If you are using the Home version of Windows, perform step 1.

    If you are using the Pro version, go straight to step 2

    1 - Open NotePad and paste the script below:

    @echo off

    pushd "%~dp0"

    dir /b C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txt

    dir /b C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~3*.mum >>List.txt

    for /f %%i in ('findstr /i . List.txt 2^>nul') do dism /online /norestart /add-package:"C:\Windows\servicing\Packages%%i"

    pause

    • Save the file to your Desktop with the name "gpedit.bat" (without quotes)

    Right click on it and run as administrator

    Wait for the process to finish and close the prompt window

    2 - Press Win+R and type:

    gpedit.msc

    press enter

    Follow the cumin below

    Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Microsoft Edge

    Search for "Allows Microsoft Edge to pre-launch at Windows Startup, when the system is idle, and each time Edge is closed"

    Double click to edit it, and then choose the Disabled

    Click on the OK

    Restart your Windows

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-19T17:05:20+00:00

    I've been experiencing the same issue. I thought it was fixed a few days ago because it would shut down after closing Edge. Yesterday it started back to running in the background after closing the browser. I too use CCleaner. I started seeing this happen around the beginning of November.

    Running Windows 11 Home version: 23H2, OS build: 22631.2715

    Edge version 119.0.2151.72 (Official build) (64-bit)

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T11:16:31+00:00

    You can live with it, but others don't and consider this bug unacceptable.

    It's also not strange. It's an app or Windows OS widespread and recurrent bug. You may want to pay more attention because the issue occurs across and regardless of system configs.

    It also affects your memory and resource system usage, the unwanted CPU utilization in the background (continuously, 0.1 to 0.5% on idle/desktop conditions), and continuous IO writes/read drive activities.

    Regards.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-26T02:44:52+00:00

    It's not fixed in new update, better fix for me was deleting this garbage and going back to firefox, it works perfectly now, when I click on close the app is closing, it's amazing

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