Enable or Disable Microsoft Edge Pre-launching in Windows 10  

thewizardoz said:

Neither group policy change nor the downloaded reg file are stopping Edge from loading!

Any other suggestion please Shawn?

Thanks.

Hello Mark,

Just to verify, this doesn't apply to the newer Chromium based Microsoft Edge.

Please go ahead and post a screenshot of Task Manager showing what is loading for Microsoft Edge to see if anything may stand out.

Change this in Settings>Privacy>Background Apps (screenshot)

Turn On or Off Background Apps in Windows 10

HoneycombWX said:

Does this also turn off preloading the New Tab Page?

Hello mate,

It will prevent anything from Microsoft Edge from preloading, but it won't stop the New Tab page from loading at the startup of Microsoft Edge if set to do so below.

Change Startup Page in Microsoft Edge

HoneycombWX said:

The reason I ask, is that CCleaner, FWIW, often asks me to turn off Edge pre-launching and tab pre-loading so that it can fully clean some parts of the Edge browser. Some example regkeys it wants me to put in there also include:

Code:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\MicrosoftEdge\TabPreloader]
"AllowTabPreloading"=DWORD:00000000

Ah, ok. If those were still turned on, they would be "in use" causing CCleaner to not be able to clean anything in use.

"AllowTabPreloading would be for the tutorial below.

Enable or Disable Microsoft Edge Tab Preloading in Windows 10

bamajon1974 said:

Am I correct in assuming this tutorial applies only to legacy Edge and is irrelevant to Edge Chrome?

You are correct.