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author: dansimp
ms.author: dansimp
ms.date:  10/02/2018
ms.reviewer: 
audience: itpro
manager: dansimp
ms.prod: edge
ms.topic: include
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Microsoft Edge pre-launches as a background process during Windows startup when the system is idle waiting to be launched by the user.  Pre-launching helps the performance of Microsoft Edge and minimizes the amount of time required to start Microsoft Edge. You can also configure Microsoft Edge to prevent from pre-launching.