Hi DaveW

I am Dave, I will help you with this.

1

Open Edge, then click the 3 dots at the top right and choose Settings.

Type Boost into the search box in Edge settings

Turn off Startup Boost and the option to continue running apps and extensions when Edge is closed

Restart (not shut down) your PC

There should then be no Edge processes running in the background.

2

With regards to other processes that are running in the background, if you can provide a list of those, I can advise you on the ones that are essential and which ones are not.

The original problem:

• How to detect list of running apps?

I have a different take regarding the solution:

Some UWP apps has the main window title. Checking main window title is not enough to say the app is running or not.

UWP apps in suspend state will still return the title (see the red rectangle)

So in order to detect the suspend state, we need to cover

1. app has title but not running in the foreground
2. app has title but not running in the background

{code}

static void byProcess()
    {
        Process[] processes = Process.GetProcesses();
        List<string> suspendedAppsWhichHasTitle = new List<string>();

        foreach (var proc in processes)
        {
            // if it has main window title
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(proc.MainWindowTitle))
            {
                // the app may be in suspend state 
                foreach (ProcessThread pT in proc.Threads)
                {
                    ThreadState ts = pT.ThreadState;
                    if (ts == ThreadState.Running)
                    {
                        suspendedAppsWhichHasTitle.Add(proc.MainWindowTitle);
                    }
                }                    
            }
        }

        foreach(string app in suspendedAppsWhichHasTitle)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(app);
        }

        if (suspendedAppsWhichHasTitle.Count == 0)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("No visible app is running!");
        }
        Console.Read();
    }

}