Edge is no longer in the background apps list

Question

Ever since it was introduced, I have loved the ability to prevent some of my apps from running in the background. I have used it to stop Edge from playing music when I lock my computer or just minimize Edge.

Microsoft first defaulted to disabled. Then they forced the setting on, probably because people had been complaining. Now, it's not even in the list. And the list is way shorter than it used to be.

How can I prevent Edge from running in the background? I would very much love to be able to pause everything it's doing by simply minimizing the window or locking the computer.

Answer 1

try to disable it by the register editor.

1. run cmd.exe as administrator
2. run regedit
3. find the register path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\BackgroundAccessApplications
4. you can see key Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe (or something like this)
5. double click Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe
6. modify the Disabled to 1, if there is no such setting, just create it to disable it to be as background app.
   Name: Disabled
   Type: REG_DWORD
   Value Data: 1

If there is no Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe in the BackgroundAccessApplications, create it by right-click the BackgroundAccessApplications and create new Key, they change the key name as Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.

In addition, if you also have the setting DisabledByUser, remember modify it as 1, too. If you don't have just modify the Disabled.