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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
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This can also be a condition of Microsoft Co-Pilot
You can disable co-pilot and that will normally stop Edge from running in the background even when you have "Continue to run" turned off.
Bob
Yes, this works! It should be the only regedit work around that is used to stop it from running after Edge has been closed. All other buttons in Edge Settings worked for me. Again, only after Edge being started and used for some time did the program continue to run in the background when closed. This regedit solution should be the only thing you need to get it to shut down completely when closed. I just put a fresh Windows 11 OS on my PC and finally decided to see if I could solve this Edge issue and I am glad I did. I found only one single post about this regedit and it worked plain and simple. I think some copies of Windows 11 are missing the registry for Edge. So make a registry for it and it will be fixed.
I tried a several work arounds that were posted here to this same issue and nothing kept it from continuing to run in the background after it was closed. This was very annoying!
This work around actually works:
Turn off "Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed" and "Startup boost" Edge's settings (System and Performance > System).
Open regedit.exe (Registry Editor) - Running it as Administrator is recommended.
Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" (if this path does not exist, add a new Key with that name).
Add the following new DWORD (32-bit) Value: StandaloneHubsSidebarEnabled and set it to 0.
Reboot Windows or kill the task and restart MS Edge. ]
Be sure to restart your computer after you have made the DWORD StandaloneHubsSidebarEnabled, it should be set to 0 once you make it but look to be sure. I also had to make the "Edge" key because it was not in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft. This is a very simple work around and it actually stops Edge from running in the background after you close it.
Finally right?
Same here
The product should work when it is distributed to the user community. Why on earth mess with workarounds, taking up user time on something that may not work or cause issues elsewhere.
Clean fixes and updates from Microsoft should be the priority for all fixes. It seems Microsoft has yet to find a solution. I use CCleaner software, and I've noticed that, in addition to Edge running after quitting the application, OneDrive is doing the same thing in both Windows 10 and 11.