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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
I use Win 10 x64 Home edition. I do not use, and have never knowingly
used, Microsoft Edge browser - since better browsers exist. I recently discovered that Microsoft Edge starts up at boot up. How can I stop it from doing so, and stealing valuable processing cycles - for doing nothing? (I discovered this fact through using CCleaner. I was asked the by the program 'Do you want Microsoft Edge halted for a complete cleanup?' I usually get asked this about my normal browsers Firefox and/or Chrome. When I checked on the processes running, Firefox and Chrome were there - but could NOT see Edge.) I am willing to resort to registry hacks if I have to, to stop this happening. Any pointers? Thanks |
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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On 05/29/2018 08:31 AM, occam wrote:
I use Win 10 x64 Home edition. I do not use, and have never knowingly used, Microsoft Edge browser - since better browsers exist. I recently discovered that Microsoft Edge starts up at boot up. How can I stop it from doing so, and stealing valuable processing cycles - for doing nothing? (I discovered this fact through using CCleaner. I was asked the by the program 'Do you want Microsoft Edge halted for a complete cleanup?' I usually get asked this about my normal browsers Firefox and/or Chrome. When I checked on the processes running, Firefox and Chrome were there - but could NOT see Edge.) I am willing to resort to registry hacks if I have to, to stop this happening. Any pointers? Thanks The easiest way is to stop using Windows 10 and start using something that is more junk than Windows 10. I use Fudge and I love it. My default browser is Microsoft Fudge. /--- This email has been checked for viruses by Windows Defender software. //https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/comprehensive-security/ -- With over 600 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 16:53:14 +0100, ? Good Guy ?
wrote: On 29/05/2018 16:31, occam wrote: I recently discovered that Microsoft Edge starts up at boot up. How can I stop it from doing so, and stealing valuable processing cycles - for doing nothing? The easiest way is to stop using Windows 10 and start using something that is more junk than Windows 10. I use Edge and I love it. My default browser is Microsoft Edge. I also keep Firefox on my machine as sometimes I need to load web pages that I develop to test it for compliance over the board. /--- This email has been checked for viruses by Windows Defender software. //https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/comprehensive-security/ Microsoft Edge is alright but just about every browser is a lot more compatible with pages than it is. |
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[OT]Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 09:06:48 -0700, ? Good Guy ?
wrote: On 05/29/2018 08:31 AM, occam wrote: I use Win 10 x64 Home edition. I do not use, and have never knowingly used, Microsoft Edge browser - since better browsers exist. I recently discovered that Microsoft Edge starts up at boot up. How can I stop it from doing so, and stealing valuable processing cycles - for doing nothing? (I discovered this fact through using CCleaner. I was asked the by the program 'Do you want Microsoft Edge halted for a complete cleanup?' I usually get asked this about my normal browsers Firefox and/or Chrome. When I checked on the processes running, Firefox and Chrome were there - but could NOT see Edge.) I am willing to resort to registry hacks if I have to, to stop this happening. Any pointers? Thanks The easiest way is to stop using Windows 10 and start using something that is more junk than Windows 10. Windows 11 ? I don't believe it's been released yet. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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[Solution] Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On 29/05/2018 17:41, ken1943 wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:31:45 +0200, occam wrote: I use Win 10 x64 Home edition. I do not use, and have never knowingly used, Microsoft Edge browser - since better browsers exist. I recently discovered that Microsoft Edge starts up at boot up. How can I stop it from doing so, and stealing valuable processing cycles - for doing nothing? (I discovered this fact through using CCleaner. I was asked the by the program 'Do you want Microsoft Edge halted for a complete cleanup?' I usually get asked this about my normal browsers Firefox and/or Chrome. When I checked on the processes running, Firefox and Chrome were there - but could NOT see Edge.) I am willing to resort to registry hacks if I have to, to stop this happening. Any pointers? Thanks If it is there, just disable it because you may get an error if deleted. Thanks ken1943. No, Edge was not there. For anyone else interested in the solution however, here is the solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJorhrv-Ig Summary: "start" - "settings" - "privacy" - "background apps" There you will find a lot of MS background *unnecessary* apps running by default in the background. I believe some of these have been enabled with the latest '1803' release, whereas they were not there prior to the latest updates. |
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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 17:31:45 +0200, occam wrote:
I use Win 10 x64 Home edition. I do not use, and have never knowingly used, Microsoft Edge browser - since better browsers exist. I recently discovered that Microsoft Edge starts up at boot up. How can I stop it from doing so, and stealing valuable processing cycles - for doing nothing? (I discovered this fact through using CCleaner. I was asked the by the program 'Do you want Microsoft Edge halted for a complete cleanup?' I usually get asked this about my normal browsers Firefox and/or Chrome. When I checked on the processes running, Firefox and Chrome were there - but could NOT see Edge.) I am willing to resort to registry hacks if I have to, to stop this happening. Any pointers? Thanks Open control panel, open default programs, choose Set your default programs and go down to Web Browser and left click on it and choose the web browser you want to make default. I use Internet Explorer exclusively because Microsoft Edge is not compatible with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Although I have never tried this but I found this URL on how to completely remove it (Microsoft Edge) from Windows 10. Try it out and see if it works. https://www.google.com/search?source....0.zJtNy8H5RF8 |
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[Solution] Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 18:51:55 +0200, occam wrote:
No, Edge was not there. For anyone else interested in the solution however, here is the solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJorhrv-Ig Summary: "start" - "settings" - "privacy" - "background apps" There you will find a lot of MS background *unnecessary* apps running by default in the background. I believe some of these have been enabled with the latest '1803' release, whereas they were not there prior to the latest updates. The choice is which apps can receive info etc. in the background when they are are running, NOT which apps start uninvited and run in the background! If an application is running closed, in the background, there's not much point in denying them this permission. You have to wonder at people's inability to understand the Win10 interface even though MSFT have kindly made it fairly simple to follow. |
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[OT]Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 18:54:04 +0200, Yrrah wrote:
Shadow : Windows 11 ? I don't believe it's been released yet. Actually, it's called Linux Redmond 1.0. Redstone 5. |
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[Solution] Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On 29/05/2018 19:47, mechanic wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2018 18:51:55 +0200, occam wrote: No, Edge was not there. For anyone else interested in the solution however, here is the solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJorhrv-Ig Summary: "start" - "settings" - "privacy" - "background apps" There you will find a lot of MS background *unnecessary* apps running by default in the background. I believe some of these have been enabled with the latest '1803' release, whereas they were not there prior to the latest updates. The choice is which apps can receive info etc. in the background when they are are running, NOT which apps start uninvited and run in the background! If an application is running closed, in the background, there's not much point in denying them this permission. You have to wonder at people's inability to understand the Win10 interface even though MSFT have kindly made it fairly simple to follow. The simple to follow instructions on that page says: 'Select which apps can run in background' with a host of toggles against the apps, including 'microsoft edge'. |
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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:14:00 -0400, Doomsdrzej wrote:
Microsoft Edge is alright but just about every browser is a lot more compatible with pages than it is. I completely disagree. As far as I'm concerned, Edge is by far the worst of all browsers. |
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[Solution] Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
occam wrote:
On 29/05/2018 19:47, mechanic wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2018 18:51:55 +0200, occam wrote: No, Edge was not there. For anyone else interested in the solution however, here is the solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJorhrv-Ig Summary: "start" - "settings" - "privacy" - "background apps" There you will find a lot of MS background *unnecessary* apps running by default in the background. I believe some of these have been enabled with the latest '1803' release, whereas they were not there prior to the latest updates. The choice is which apps can receive info etc. in the background when they are are running, NOT which apps start uninvited and run in the background! If an application is running closed, in the background, there's not much point in denying them this permission. You have to wonder at people's inability to understand the Win10 interface even though MSFT have kindly made it fairly simple to follow. The simple to follow instructions on that page says: 'Select which apps can run in background' with a host of toggles against the apps, including 'microsoft edge'. I think you need this diagram, as some info on the topic. The state diagram for Metro Apps is different than the state diagram for Win32. [ And the Win32 one includes states that might not be documented all that well (such as the zombie state). ] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win.../app-lifecycle "App terminate The system attempts to keep your app and its data in memory while it's suspended. However, if the system does not have the resources to keep your app in memory, it will terminate your app. Apps don't receive a notification that they are being terminated, so the only opportunity you have to save your app's data is in your OnSuspension event handler, or asynchronously from your EnteredBackground handler." That's why I modified their diagram a bit. https://s15.postimg.cc/etlrfsfvf/metro_app_states.gif From my perspective, there are two questions: 1) What is "starting" MSEdge on your system ? MSEdge isn't running on my 17034 system right now, and there is no suspended item by that name. Only Skype has been started by the System and placed in the Suspended state, so it can accept incoming calls (even though the OS in question doesn't have an MSA or a Skype account). It can't actually receive a call in the Suspended state, and a packet sent to Skype would require it to temporarily enter a Background state. Task Manager probably doesn't even have a notation for Background state, only Foreground (no notation) and Suspended (the rose shaped symbol). 2) Removing the Background capability is only part of the story. It might still be able to enter Suspended. Again, the diagram in the article is way too simplistic. There might be transition lines not shown in the diagram. CCleaner cannot do its thing, if there is a handle or file lock present in the folder. And who knows how that works for a Metro App. Certainly if MSEdge has exclusive access to a .db of some sort (like for web page cache or bookmarks), it would be difficult for CCleaner to mess with it until MSEdge is terminated. When a browser uses a traditional folder full of files, there are more possibilities for erasure. When the MSEdge windows is open, you can try "alt-F4" to terminate it. Or use Task Manager to kill it. When an App like Skype is involved, it's always possible for Task Scheduler to be wired up so that it will restart Skype just to annoy you. I haven't tested that. The Search Indexer seems to be wired that way on Windows 10, and uses tricks to restart it (past the three retries in the Services definition). Paul |
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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 10:26:19 -0600, ken1943
wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:14:00 -0400, Doomsdrzej wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2018 16:53:14 +0100, ? Good Guy ? wrote: On 29/05/2018 16:31, occam wrote: I recently discovered that Microsoft Edge starts up at boot up. How can I stop it from doing so, and stealing valuable processing cycles - for doing nothing? The easiest way is to stop using Windows 10 and start using something that is more junk than Windows 10. I use Edge and I love it. My default browser is Microsoft Edge. I also keep Firefox on my machine as sometimes I need to load web pages that I develop to test it for compliance over the board. /--- This email has been checked for viruses by Windows Defender software. //https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/comprehensive-security/ Microsoft Edge is alright but just about every browser is a lot more compatible with pages than it is. I like IE much better after my go to browsers. You must be the one person on Earth who prefers Internet Explorer over anything. Still, I admire your loyalty to Microsoft. |
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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 11:50:49 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:14:00 -0400, Doomsdrzej wrote: Microsoft Edge is alright but just about every browser is a lot more compatible with pages than it is. I completely disagree. As far as I'm concerned, Edge is by far the worst of all browsers. I was trying to be nice. |
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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
On Tue, 29 May 2018 16:33:09 -0400, Doomsdrzej wrote:
You must be the one person on Earth who prefers Internet Explorer over anything. I'm another one. I think it's much better then Edge, and slightly better than Chrome. As far as I'm concerned Edge and Chrome are he two worst browsers. Still, I admire your loyalty to Microsoft. I don't know about him, but in my case it has nothing to do with loyalty. It's simply a matter of preferences. |
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Microsoft Edge at start up- how to stop it?
occam wrote:
I use Win 10 x64 Home edition. I do not use, and have never knowingly used, Microsoft Edge browser - since better browsers exist. I recently discovered that Microsoft Edge starts up at boot up. How can I stop it from doing so, and stealing valuable processing cycles - for doing nothing? (I discovered this fact through using CCleaner. I was asked the by the program 'Do you want Microsoft Edge halted for a complete cleanup?' I usually get asked this about my normal browsers Firefox and/or Chrome. When I checked on the processes running, Firefox and Chrome were there - but could NOT see Edge.) I am willing to resort to registry hacks if I have to, to stop this happening. Any pointers? Thanks See replies to your same topic that you *multi*-posted in other newsgroups. |
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