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Microsoft has blocked third parties from changing the default microsoft-edge handler in Windows 11 #19402

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manikandancode opened this issue Nov 12, 2021 · 3 comments
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Microsoft has blocked third parties from changing the default microsoft-edge handler in Windows 11 #19402

manikandancode opened this issue Nov 12, 2021 · 3 comments
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The microsoft-edge: URI scheme that handles web links from within Windows 11 build 22494 microsoft-edge:// can no longer be overridden.
da2x/EdgeDeflector#141
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Per the release notes here:
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/11/12/releasing-windows-11-build-22000-346-to-beta-and-release-preview-channels/
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It seems devs at Microsoft considered this a bug. But if it's a bug, why would they have approved applications for sale on the Microsoft Store which offer this exact same functionality? 🤔
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The paid option Search Deflector is open source and available here:
https://github.com/spikespaz/search-deflector

@manikandancode manikandancode mentioned this issue Nov 25, 2021
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@bsclifton bsclifton changed the title Microsoft has blocked third parties from changing the default browser in Windows 11 Microsoft has blocked third parties from changing the default microsoft-edge handler in Windows 11 Nov 30, 2021
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Closing as wontfix. Nothing we can really do here, unfortunately

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Windows 11 build 22509 Dev channel comes with a new "Set default" option present in it the Default Apps settings default browser selection.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFjtL0yVgAsDRo9?format=jpg&name=large

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