But have you ever noticed that when you launch Microsoft Edge at any given time, it loads faster as compared to when you launch other browsers? Microsoft is preloading Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 on startup. This, in reality, affects the startup time of the whole operating system overall. There seem to be three processes related to Microsoft Edge in the Task Manager – MicrosoftEdge.exe, MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe, and MicrosoftEdgeSH.exe. Though it shows them as suspended, they are already loaded in the background. Today, we will show you how you can stop Edge Chromium browser from pre-loading on Startup on Windows 10 – useful if you do not use Microsoft Edge at all. Note: I use Microsoft Edge, and I would recommend the reader to give it a try.
Stop Edge browser from pre-loading on Startup
To stop Edge (Chromium) from pre-loading on startup in Windows 10: If this does not help, try the REGEDIT or GPEDIT way..As always, I would recommend making a System Restore point just in case you can rollback to current state if something goes wrong.
Stop Windows 10 from preloading Edge using Registry Editor
It is worth noting that this method works for all editions of Windows 10 including Windows 10 Home. First of all, start by hitting the WINKEY + R button combination to launch the Run utility. Now type in regedit and hit Enter. Now, navigate to the following key location inside of the Registry Editor, Right-click on the folder called Main.
Then select New > DWORD (32-bit) from the context menu. Set its name to AllowPrelaunch. Double click on the newly created DWORD and set its Value to 0. Now, navigate to the following key location- Right-click on the folder called TabPreloader. Then select New > DWORD (32-bit) from the context menu and set its name to AllowTabPreloading. Double click on the newly created DWORD and set its Value to 0.
Stop Edge from pre-loading on Startup using Group Policy Editor
It is worth a note that this method would not work if you are running Windows 10 Home edition. First of all, start by hitting the WINKEY + R button combination to start the Run box and type in gpedit.msc and then finally hit Enter. Now, navigate to the following path inside the Group Policy Editor- Double-click on the configuration listing named as Allow Microsoft Edge to pre-launch at Windows startup, when the system is idle, and each time Microsoft Edge is closed to open the configuration page.
Select Enabled radio button and from the drop-down below, select Prevent Prelaunching to prevent Microsoft Edge from Prelaunching. Click on OK. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. If you wish to revert this and allow Microsoft Edge to prelaunch on Windows startup, just select either Not Configured or Disabled. Or, if you are running later releases of Windows 10, the configuration listing will say Prevent Microsoft Edge from starting and loading the Start and New Tab page at Windows startup and each time Microsoft Edge is closed.
In this case, click on the radio button labeled as Enabled. And in the configuration drop-down menu, select Prevent tab preloading. And then finally click on OK. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. This tip would be useful if you do not use Edge as your default browser.
