"Task Manager" it will often show a ton of Microsoft Edge applications (unsure if that's the right word?) open, even though I have only 6 tabs currently open on the top of the browser screen (different web pages I jump back and forth to). To clarify, Task Manager recently showed Microsoft Edge 6 apps open on the left side of the Task Manager screen but one read "Microsoft Edge (26)" and then "Microsoft Edge" was listed an additional 6 times below that. CPU at 7%, Memory at 59%, Disk at 100%.

Do I really have 32 Microsoft Edge pages open?? Why does one ap show "26" besides one Edge listing?

I know I need to open up the box and vacuum out the dust and put on new processor grease to prevent heat build-up but the multiple MS Edge thing has got me stumped.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.