Troubleshooting Whats Going On With Edge

[Digmor Crusher]

Anyone know why this would be happening, Edge is closed so why is it registering in Task manager?

 

[brambedkar59]

Saw a reddit post about this same issue (Edge showing in task manager even with all background stuff/Startup Boost disabled), haven't seen it on my system so far. This has to be a bug.
Edit: more clear now with reddit link added

 

[Arequire]

Do you have Startup Boost enabled? It keeps the browser running in the background to speed up Edge's launch.
Check edge://settings/system (copy & paste in the address bar) and see if it's enabled. If so, that's your culprit. If not, I couldn't tell you.

 

[Sammo]

Do you have Startup Boost enabled? It keeps the browser running in the background to speed up Edge's launch.
Check edge://settings/system (copy & paste in the address bar) and see if it's enabled. If so, that's your culprit. If not, I couldn't tell you.

Exactly. Or if extensions are also allowed to run in the background.

 

[Mndgs]

Same for me, one tab opened but on Task manager 15 Edge's

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Do you have Startup Boost enabled? It keeps the browser running in the background to speed up Edge's launch.
Check edge://settings/system (copy & paste in the address bar) and see if it's enabled. If so, that's your culprit. If not, I couldn't tell you.

Brilliant, it was Startup Boost, I thought I had that option turned off some time ago, so either I'm mistaken or an update turned it back on. Thanks.

 

[Captain Holly]

Thanks for this thread and the info, I am now finally able to turn off Edge in the background, thanks to that flag. I had no idea about it and had given up searching for a solution.

C.H.

 

[EASTER]

Pleased to learn of this as well. With Edge closed it was still showing multiples in Task Manager and i also found it odd.

 

[Mystic]

Brilliant, it was Startup Boost, I thought I had that option turned off some time ago, so either I'm mistaken or an update turned it back on. Thanks.

I confirm that sometimes updates cause it to turn on.

 

[wat0114]

I don't notice any slowdown opening Edge with this setting and "Continue running background extensions and..." disabled. Nice

 

[oldschool]

I don't notice any slowdown opening Edge with this setting and "Continue running background extensions and..." disabled. Nice

Same here.

 

[JohnR]

Anyone else have Edge still running in the background after its been closed? Startup boost and continue running background extensions are both disabled.

 

[TairikuOkami]

Anyone else have Edge still running in the background after its been closed?

Never, but I guess that it is either related to adguard or to search, which can run as a desktop process.

Enable or Disable Standalone Sidebar in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge no longer has a standalone sidebar. This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Standalone Sidebar mode for the Sidebar in Microsoft Edge for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15...

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rem 1 - Allow the Search bar at Windows startup
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v "SearchbarIsEnabledOnStartup" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

rem 1 - The Sidebar appears in a fixed position on the Microsoft Windows desktop, and is hidden from the browser application frame
reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v "StandaloneHubsSidebarEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

 

[Sammo]

Anyone else have Edge still running in the background after its been closed? Startup boost and continue running background extensions are both disabled.View attachment 279423

Yes, the same thing with me. I stopped using it because of this and a few other issues.

 

[Jonny Quest]

Anyone else have Edge still running in the background after its been closed? Startup boost and continue running background extensions are both disabled.View attachment 279423

I just checked on 2 Windows 11 notebooks, and the process did stop after I closed out of Edge.

 

[JohnR]

Thanks for replies, ran the reg file re; disabling standalone sidebar in @TairikuOkami ElevenForum link and that appears to have fixed my issue

 

[oldschool]

Yes, the same thing with me. I stopped using it because of this and a few other issues.

Indeed, the not deleting cookies on close is still a major one. WTF is up with MS?

 

[brambedkar59]

Indeed, the not deleting cookies on close is still a major one. WTF is up with MS?

On topic of what's broken: AV1 playback has been broken for more than a month now.

 

[Dave Russo]

Do you have Startup Boost enabled? It keeps the browser running in the background to speed up Edge's launch.
Check edge://settings/system (copy & paste in the address bar) and see if it's enabled. If so, that's your culprit. If not, I couldn't tell you.

I see that startup boast is enabled; I don't see how to shut it off?

 

[TairikuOkami]

I see that startup boast is enabled; I don't see how to shut it off?

MS has to respect policies or enterprises would chew it up.

reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v "StartupBoostEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

Enable startup boost

Allows Microsoft Edge processes to start at OS sign-in and restart in background after the last browser window is closed. If Microsoft Edge is running in background mode, the browser might not close when the last window is closed and the browser won't be restarted in background when the window...

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