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Oct 22, 2020

Startup Boost FAQ

EDIT: We have an updated version of this FAQ over on the support site now. Head over the https://support.microsoft.com/topic/get-help-with-startup-boost-ebef73ed-5c72-462f-8726-512782c5e442 page to r...

ShawnVN

Copper Contributor

Feb 18, 2021

Julie_Deng I just did a fresh install of Windows 10 20H2 and I think this is what I'm seeing -- about 6 msedge.exe processes stay alive in the background and don't go away, after I close all browser tabs.

I do have Edge version 88.

But I don't see any setting in edge://settings/system to turn this feature off?

Also I regularly get the popup prompt to "Restore previous tabs" whenever I start the browser .. even when I know I closed everything beforehand.

Any tips for investigating this further?

HotCakeX

MVP

Feb 18, 2021

ShawnVN

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ShawnVN wrote:
Julie_Deng I just did a fresh install of Windows 10 20H2 and I think this is what I'm seeing -- about 6 msedge.exe processes stay alive in the background and don't go away, after I close all browser tabs.

I do have Edge version 88.

But I don't see any setting in edge://settings/system to turn this feature off?

Also I regularly get the popup prompt to "Restore previous tabs" whenever I start the browser .. even when I know I closed everything beforehand.

Any tips for investigating this further?

wrote: I just did a fresh install of Windows 10 20H2 and I think this is what I'm seeing -- about 6 msedge.exe processes stay alive in the background and don't go away, after I close all browser tabs. I do have Edge version 88. But I don't see any setting in edge://settings/system to turn this feature off? Also I regularly get the popup prompt to "Restore previous tabs" whenever I start the browser .. even when I know I closed everything beforehand. Any tips for investigating this further?

you can try disabling "continue running...." but at your own RISK.

it might cause problems for you, for you sync data, extension data, extension sync data etc.

don't worry about some Edge processes in task manager, they are normal, normal behavior of Chromium engine.