News and Interests Showing Up and Running In Task Manager

Anonymous
2024-09-25T22:25:15+00:00

Hello,

I was checking my Task Manager today after installing Cumulative Update KB5043131 on my HP OMEN Desktop and my wife's HP Envy laptop and noticed a task called News and Interests running (see image below). We are running Win10 22H2 Build 19045.4957 . I have not noticed this before running in my Task Manager. I have News and Interests turned off in my Task Bar Settings and I do not see it but why is it all of a sudden showing up in my Task Manager. I have tried to use End Task for this but it keeps coming back after I end it. I use FireFox as my default browser and I have no interest in using this News and Interest junk now or ever. Could someone please tell me why it is there now and how I can get rid of this running in my Task Manager? I have also sent in feedback to MS Edge since I see Edge WebView2 and also to MS FeedBack Hub. Thank you.

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lmacri 2,505 Reputation points
2024-10-29T13:18:48+00:00

Hi DonT5:

Microsoft appears to have released a bug fix.

My MS Edge WebView2 Runtime (msedgewebview2.exe) updated to v130.0.2849.56 on 28-Oct-2029 and after a re-boot the News and Interests process no longer appears in my Task Manager. From Control Panel | Programs | Programs and Features on my Win 10 Pro v22H2 machine:

Kudos to EricB for reporting this bug fix in their 29-Oct-2024 post # 2713239 in the AskWoody.com topic October Updates Are Out.

Dell Inspiron 15 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.5011 * Firefox v131.0.3 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24080.9-1.1.24080.9 * Malwarebytes Premium v5.2.0.140-1.0.5073 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783 * Microsoft Edge v130.0.2849.56

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Anonymous
2024-10-29T19:53:55+00:00

Thanks for the information. I'm waiting for the next few days to reinstall the Webviews2 App from the official Microsoft website to see if it installs version v130.0.2849.56 and not v130.0.2849.52.

Last hour: Windows 11 automatically installed the v130.0.2849.56 version of Webviews 2 and now everything is back to normal on Windows 11 23H2 too.

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  1. lmacri 2,505 Reputation points
    2024-11-16T02:53:37+00:00

    Same Problem in Windows 11 23H2 after upgrade (KB5046633). Also webviews web app is not more in Windows App but still in the software, I tried to install it again with the evergreen installer not still in the app menù. ... Upgrade last hour: the last Webview2 version 131.0.2903.51 not solve the problem. We have to wait a fix from Microsoft.

    Hi TommyRatto:

    Am I correct that "cerca sospeso" is Italian for "search suspended"? If so, your image shows that your multiple instances of msedgewebview2.exe are running under the Search process in your Task Manager, which seems very odd. Windows 10 users posting in this topic are (or were) seeing multiple instances of msedgewebview2.exe running under the News and Interests process in Task Manager (see Umbs' 14-Nov-2024 image at https://i.imgur.com/6Od7cvz.png).

    My Microsoft Edge browser also updated to v131.0.2903.51 (released 15-Nov-2024) today and:

    • Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime is still missing on my Win 10 system,
    • The News and Interests process has not reappeared in my Task Manager, and
    • There are no instances of msdgewebview2.exe running under my Search process as shown below.

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    Dell Inspiron 15 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.5131 * Firefox v132.0.2 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.24090.11-1.1.24090.11 * Malwarebytes Premium v5.2.1.144-1.0.5088 * Macrium Reflect Free v8.0.7783 * Microsoft Edge v131.0.2903.51

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-16T01:24:49+00:00

    Upgrade last hour: the last Webview2 version 131.0.2903.51 not solve the problem. We have to wait a fix from Microsoft (app is not visible in App menù)

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    Same Problem in Windows 11 23H2 after upgrade (KB5046633).

    Also webviews web app is not more in Windows App but still in the software, I tried to install it again with the evergreen installer not still in the app menù. Also the most recent version of webviews2 is 131.0.2903.51, perhaps it is not yet available for Microsoft Edge andmaybe they have suspended it due to some problems

    At the moment I have updated Microsoft Edge to version 131.0.2903.51 hoping that Windows will automatically install the equivalent version of Webviews which solves this problem

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