It’s normal to have multiple Edge’s processes shown in Task Manager. This means that Edge and any other browser puts web apps and plug-ins in a separate process. This is to prevent the browser won’t lock up in-case a particular web app or plug-in stops responding.
Unlike early days, every browser runs multiple instances. Each of the tabs is a process, so is the extension or anything else that is running with the primary process. If you are streaming any video service like Netflix, you should also see Media Foundation Protected Pipeline EXE in the list.
How many instances of Microsoft Edge are there in Windows 10?
When using Microsoft Edge, if you open Task Manager, then you will notice that there will be a number mentioned against the Microsoft Edge process. It can be 2 or 10 or 17. If you further expand, you will note there are multiple instances of Microsoft Edge even though you only have one instance of Edge running.
Why does Microsoft Edge show multiple instances in Task Manager?
When I open Edge it starts showing multiple instances in the Task Manager This is probably quite normal. Task Manager only shows you processes that are linked to msedge ., and exe. These are essential to the browser’s operations, and you can see what each process is in the browser itself: press Shift-Escape to open its own task manager.
Following 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: It happens due to a new feature introduced in Microsoft Edge which is called “ Startup Boost “. This feature has been implemented in Microsoft Edge to make the browser launch faster.
So, how many instances does edge show in Task Manager with 2 tabs?
Currently with 2 tabs open it is showing 10 instances under Microsoft Edge in the Task Manager. At times with just 2 tabs open it will get up to 24 showing in the task manager and again it freezes .
Why does Microsoft Edge Keep Running in background?
This process keeps running in background so that it can download and install new versions of Microsoft Edge browser automatically in user’s device and keep Microsoft Edge web browser updated. Similar processes are also used by other web browsers such as Google Chrome and Opera to upgrade themselves to newer versions.