Subj : Microsoft finally caves and will let some users actually use thei
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Aug 31 2023 11:15:04

Microsoft finally caves and will let some users actually use their preferred 
browser in Windows 11

Date:
Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:01:53 +0000

Description:
The tech giant is working on curbing the annoying push to force users onto 
Microsoft Edge - finally.

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When youre browsing on Windows 11 and click on a link in another part of your 
computer, say a different app or a news reader, regardless of your selected 
default browser your link will be opened in Microsoft Edge . That can be 
incredibly annoying when youre trying to navigate your computer and have to 
keep manually copying and pasting links into your preferred browser, butthat 
may be about to change. 

This this is good news for people tired of Microsofts pushy habit of trying 
to force users to use Edge over other preferred web browsers like Google 
Chrome or Firefox . 

If you set your default browser to anything aside from Microsoft Edge you 
should be able to discard Edge and move on, with your choices being 
respected. Bye bye Edge 

There are some tools like EdgeDeflector and MSEdgeRedirect that allow users 
to bypass this and use their chosen browsers. The clear intention was to push 
Microsoft Edge despite users wanting to use a more popular web browser , but 
it seems like Microsoft has admitted defeat and has released a new build that 
will curb this. 

According to Ghacks , Build 23531 was released to the Dev Channel recently 
and will change the forced opening of Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 when you 
click on website links within the Start menu or Search bar. Ghacks notes that 
Microsoft added, In the European Economic Area (EEA), Windows system 
components use the default browser to open links". 

Users not in the EEA will have to wait it out to see if Microsoft will extend 
this courtesy to them as well. At the moment, however, it seems like 
Microsoft is only dropping its pushy behavior because of pressure from 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-finally-caves-and-will-l
et-some-users-actually-use-their-preferred-browser-in-windows-11


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