Why is Microsoft Edge Updater running EVERY day?


desbest

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Yes why? And yes I mean every!
 
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desbest said:
Yes why? And yes I mean every!
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Because it ensures you always have the latest Edge version. Although if you want to disable it (which is Not Recommended), you must go to Task Scheduler, not Edge System Options.
 

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It checks for not only Edge updates, but also addon updates.
 

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gy405 said:
Because it ensures you always have the latest Edge version. Although if you want to disable it (which is Not Recommended), you must go to Task Scheduler, not Edge System Options.
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I do not have it running anywhere. I also do not use it.
 

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desbest said:
Yes why? And yes I mean every!
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Because it doesn't know on which day a new version of Edge gets released.

If you look at the release dates of the previous Stable releases:

2025-06-26 Thursday
2025-05-29 Thursday
2025-05-01 Thursday
2025-04-03 Thursday
2025-03-06 Thursday
2025-02-06 Thursday
2025-01-17 Friday
2024-11-14 Thursday
2024-10-17 Thursday
2024-09-19 Thursday
2024-08-22 Thursday
2024-07-25 Thursday
2024-06-13 Thursday
2024-05-17 Friday
2024-04-18 Thursday
2024-03-22 Friday
2024-02-23 Friday
2024-01-25 Thursday
 

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