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Steven1625
Apr 19, 2019Brass Contributor
Edge Dev not Loading
I have been using the Edge Dev build for about a week now. This is the second time this has happened. Edge will not load anymore. When I look at Task Manager there are 16 instances of Edge running, o...
tomscharbach
Apr 19, 2019Bronze Contributor
Steven1625 And, Steven, more as an illustration as my macbre sense of black humor than anything useful, I keep an eye on Task Manager on and off during the course of the day to see just how bad it gets. If I use the browser for a few hours, it isn't unusual for me to see Edge Dev running 30-40 instances, eating up 3-4gb or more of memory. It isn't a problem on my desktop, which has 32gb, but for someone running a laptop on 4gb or 8gb, it must really throw a wrench in the machine.
Steven1625
Apr 19, 2019Brass Contributor
tomscharbach , agreed, it builds over time. Just checked since I posted my original message and I am up to 9 task so far.
I do not reboot my computer, I just kill all the running Edge Dev tasks and that clears it up.
Thanks for your feedback.