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On version 20H2, the File Explorer on the taskbar often shows an active window with an Edge tab
On the Windows beta channel (version 20H2, build 19402.450), the File Explorer on the taskbar often shows an active window with an Edge tab. Clicking the explorer icon or the thumbnail that shows the Edge tab switches to that tab in Edge. Closing the tab makes the thumbnail disappear from the File Explorer icon and replaces it with another Edge tab. This can be repeated until all tabs have been closed, but at some point later this behavior will start again. This is surely related to the new feature where Alt + Tab works for Edge tabs, but I have that disabled and it's a bug in any case. Switching desktops seems to trigger this behavior very often, though not always. I'm running Edge Beta 85.0.564.30.
- Same problem around here since august 2020. Yesterday, I found the flag #edge-window-tab-manager. If you disable it, the problem goes away. There's is a nausty bug with the integration of edge chromium in windows.
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- Same Problem here, with Windows Version 10.0.19043 Build 19043 and Edge Version 88.0.705.81
- Having the same problem. Also, reported it many times in many boards. No response, no workaround suggestions, no fixes, no idea when it will finally be resolved. It's very annoying. I see only one possibility that this issue does not have a lot of attention from Microsoft. Apparently it is a problem of using Edge and most likely there won't be an issue with Chrome. I didn't switch back to Chrome only because I don't want to deal with moving my passwords and all other settings over but I'm really close to doing that.
I encountered this after restarting as part of installing the February 2021 cumulative update for Windows 10 20H2 (v19042.804.) (I recently also switched from using 2 virtual desktops to having 3 open to accommodate an additional task, but that was before the update and the bug wasn't manifesting then. Odds are this's a Heisenbug, though…) I have Edge set up to pick up where I left off when I start it up at the moment.
(Update: Closing and reopening the offending window appears to fix the issue.)
I just switched to Brave and haven't looked back. Ridiculous this bug hasn't been fixed in over half a year.
Yep same issue here, what's this weird tab that keeps showing up? This has been quite annoying to say the least. Restarting explorer doesn't fix it, but restarting edge makes the problem go away for a few minutes, but then it comes back again
Also, edge tabs on Alt+Tab are disabled, in case that might with debuggingI'll probably be switching to firefox in the meantime. Unfortunately votes seem to dictate the attention (or lack thereof) towards some workflow-breaking issues
Same here !
adrianghc I had the same issue on a preview build of Windows and became so frustrated with it and the fact that Microsoft was completely ignoring my reports of this problem that I reinstalled Windows and made sure I didn't use an Insider build for Windows OR a beta build of Edge. Things were great, until the October update yesterday. Now the problem has returned, with no acknowledgement of the problem or effort to fix. I've even tried turning off the Alt-Tab Edge feature, but the problem persists. The only solution I've found is to get rid of Edge and use a different browser.
- It seems to be fixed since build 20231: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2020/10/07/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-20231/
Hopefully it will soon make its way to 20H2 as well.adrianghc I ran a search for Edge and File on the link you sent and didn't find the problem. Would you mind telling me where you saw that it was fixed?
Also, I was running that build before I reinstalled Windows I still had the issue. I actually had whatever the latest insider version was as of about 6 days ago. Are you running this build and the problem is gone for you? In my experience, the problem did not always show, but over the course of a couple of days I would encounter it.
