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
    2023-12-04T15:00:27+00:00

    do2xg,

    why then is my other machine not having the whole problem even though Hardware Acceleration is ON?

    Also - Hardware Acceleration was always on before the problem occurred.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-04T12:38:29+00:00

    Hello, I have had the same problem I did all that was mentioned, including the gpedit.msc.. When I run Ccleaner it skips the browser. Ccleaner forces Edge to shut down and I noticed a quick flash banner on the low right screen and its Icon of Adguard and Malwarebytes extensions. After Force closing I run Ccleaner again it cleans the browser. I open edge and again then close and run Ccleaner and again skips cleaning the browser. I might be wrong but when edge is forced closed it appears to be the extensions in my browser preventing edge from closing.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-02T17:40:04+00:00

    Similar to all other attempts, at first try it appears to work, but a couple reboots later and back to the same problem after closing Edge.

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