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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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-16T14:51:12+00:00

    Strange, though, that it happens on one machine and not on another ... ?

    And the one with the issue ... only lately...?

    Yes ... I can live with it and it does not affect my memory / resources. It's a powerful machine.

    The only reason it bugs me is that it affects Ccleaner, which I have set to run every time I shut down, removing

    trackers , junk, etc.

    Every time I get prompted to force-close Edge, an extra step, so Ccleaner can do it's job.

    Win10 machine ... no problems in that regard.

    Cheers

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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T14:44:04+00:00

    Thanks Rodro,

    yes-it's annoying. I don't experience though any slowdown or memory loss (32GB RAM) (Intel i9)

    As suggested elsewhere, I prohibited Co-Pilot in Group Policy, but it didn't do anything.

    As Edge closed at the top in Task manager, further down in background apps a dozen or so keep being present.

    As mentioned, I use Ccleaner regularly when closing down and it force-closes Edge anyways.

    Everything else set to stop background apps in Edge as well, of course.

    Seems to be a bug. I hope pressure on Microsoft/Edge people persists.

    However, besides all this and as mentioned earlier, my other machine (still Win10) does not have that problem.

    Thanks

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  5. 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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