If Microsoft Edge is primary browser in your system and you use it regularly to browse websites, then it should not be a problem to you as Microsoft Edge will open quickly.īut if you don’t use Microsoft Edge as primary browser and use it less frequently, then you might not like this feature as MSEdge.exe will keep consuming system resources. It allows Microsoft Edge process to start as soon as you sign into your user account in Windows. You can consider Startup Boost feature as preloading the browser in system memory to speed up Microsoft Edge launch. Since the process keeps running in memory, whenever the user launches Microsoft Edge browser, it launches instant without any delay. This feature has been implemented in Microsoft Edge to make the browser launch faster.īy default, Startup Boost feature is activated and enabled and it allows MSEdge.exe process to always run in background.

It happens due to a new feature introduced in Microsoft Edge which is called “ Startup Boost“. So in simple terms, multiple MSEdge.exe processes always run in background irrespective of Microsoft Edge is opened or not.įollowing screenshot shows multiple msedge.exe processes running in Task Manager in Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge browser was not running in the device at that time: But when you close the browser, MSEdge.exe process doesn’t stop and keeps running in Task Manager.

You can check it using Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) tool. When you launch Microsoft Edge browser, its executable MSEdge.exe starts running in background. If you upgraded to new version of Microsoft Edge web browser, you might have noticed that the browser keeps running in background even after closing Microsoft Edge program window.

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