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tistou
Bronze Contributor
Aug 24, 2019

Microsoft Edge process

Hello

 

Why, at times, the Edge processes are all grouped together (only one separated) ?

 

 

And at times, they are "scattered"?

 


Not possible to have them all the time "grouped" ?

 

Thanks

24 Replies

  • Elliot Kirk's avatar
    Elliot Kirk
    Former Employee
    Aug 27, 2019

    Hi tistou, the reason that some Edge processes show up grouped and others (especially background processes) show up individually is because our background processes like updaters and crash handlers outlive the lifespan of any particular browsing session, so they aren’t launched with any parent/child relationship to a browsing session.  Thanks - Elliot

    • tistou's avatar
      tistou
      Bronze Contributor
      Aug 27, 2019

      Elliot Kirk 

       

      Hi

       

      Thank you for your explanation
      Edge classic has the same behavior I believe, and all the processes are grouped in the same place
      I thought it was possible for Edge Chromium too

      Or, failing that, group the processes together instead of there being several separate ?
      For example for this forum, there is 6 separate process in Background processes, a feeling of "badly finished"
       
      And nothing in the Edge task manager
       

       
      Thanks
      • tistou's avatar
        tistou
        Bronze Contributor
        Aug 27, 2019

        Elliot Kirk  

         

        And I do not think "the separation of processes" comes from there.

        There I have no process in the Background processes
         
         
        and yet I have "background processes" in browser task manager
         

         

  • DarrenMH's avatar
    DarrenMH
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    Aug 27, 2019

    Hi tistou - Nice to see someone else using Task Manager. I believe it was the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update when this small enhancement was added (grouping process by apps) .

     

    Great feedback grouping for other types as well. I can definitely see where this would save time and makes process management faster. Less clutter, easier process management, better navigation experience - to name a few.

     

    I'll pass the feedback (feature request) to our Windows Performance side as well. Don't forget you can submit feedback by clicking the smiley face. Every piece of feedback submitted via "Send Feedback" is logged and reviewed.

     

    Thanks

    DarrenMH

    • tistou's avatar
      tistou
      Bronze Contributor
      Aug 27, 2019

      DarrenMH

       

      Thanks so much for your reply

       

      Indeed, I regularly use the task manager, and another positive point of grouped processes and see the total use of the process (Edge Chromium for example) for the CPU, memory, etc ... very quickly

       

      With all the separate processes, must to look for them, count, etc...

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