News and Interests Showing Up and Running In Task Manager

Hi, sorry for the omission in the screenshot. I had already done the rest of the tests and settings as you suggested some time ago. The problem with the Webviews2 processes disappeared on its own but then returned on its own :D without having updated anything personally. The Search icon is the Windows 11 icon (one letter).

In the image you do not find the news and interests icon like on other users on Windows 10 because as I had already said I eliminated the widgets from windows 22h2 with a powershell command.

I haven't tried to reinstall Windows 11 because I don't want to re-download games and apps again, i hope in a fix from microsoft.

Update December 5, 2024. After 15 days the problem persists. It disappears and returns randomly: it seems to be resolved and then reappears every now and then depending on the micro updates that Microsoft makes to the Experience.

It works. Thank you so much!

Could you please tell me how to re-activate MSEdgeWebView2.exe just to be on the safe side?

You can download Edge Webview2 again here

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/?form=MA13LH . Removing Edge Webview2 will cause some Apps and programs that depend on it not to run and this is a good article about that

https://www.maketecheasier.com/what-is-microsoft-edge-webview2-runtime/ . You can also select a system restore point, that is if you create restore points, from before you made any changes and that should help you. I make a restore point each day when I start up my computer as that way I have it in the event I make changes to my computer and need to revert back. Personally I use Firefox as my default browser and stay clear of Edge because of privacy. This problem with News and Interests running in the task manager is an Edge problem and only the Edge Devs or the MS Devs can fix this as anything else is nothing but a workaround and can cause other Apps and programs not to work properly down the line. Like I said I will never install Cumulative Update Previews for Windows 10 Versions ever again as these updates are not the final update you will see in the following Patch Tuesday. These Preview Cumulative Updates are buggy. My advice to you (take or leave it) is to restore your computer back to a time before any recent changes you made to your computer and just wait for the Developers to fix this and they are well aware of this problem with as many bug reports myself and others have made to Edge and the feedback Hub. This is a tip but whenever you do a restart or a shut down of your computer I always killed the News and Interests in the task manager before I did so as that will not leave Apps trying to close in the process of shutting down or restarting. I found it strange that before my News and Interests was fixed I was getting 10010 DCOM errors involving Microsoft.Windows.Search_1.14.17.19041_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy!ShellFeedsUI and CortanaUI.AppXf8r3d8cn5hd71h9jyzah6ak9f3shj2d2.mca and after the fix I no longer got those 10010 errors so no matter what anyone else says it had something to do with it. The News and Interests is clearly a bug and not by design and should not be a background task when you have it turned off in the Task Bar and in Settings.

Respectfully,

Thank you for your feedback and sharing. I appreciate your attempt and have marked your response as an answer, which will help others in the community to refer to when they encounter this issue.