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    Update for Windows 10 and 11 blocks default browser redirect, but there’s a workaround

    It seems that Microsoft has quietly backported the block, introduced a month ago in a Dev build of Windows 11, on tools like EdgeDeflector and browsers from being the true default browser in Windows 10, with the change being implemented in Windows 11 too. Starting from KB5008212, which was installed on all supported versions of Windows 10 yesterday with Patch Tuesday, it is no longer possible to select EdgeDeflector as the default MICROSOFT-EDGE protocol.

    The change was also ported to the current version of Windows 11 with yesterday’s Patch Tuesday with the installation of KB5008215 rendering it impossible to choose anything but Microsoft’s Edge browser…

    Fortunately, there’s a workaround against these anti-competitive … and desperate measures; first discovered by gHacks, the open source tool MSEdgeRedirect uses a completely different method. Instead of relying on the (now blocked) protocol handler, it “filters and passes the command line arguments of Microsoft Edge processes into your default browser “…

    MSEdgeRedirect : https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/releases

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    • #2406497

      </sigh>  I get the concept that they want to ensure that there is secure communication from the search box to the search engine, but their communication sucks on this.

      Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

    • #2406500

      There is another workaround,
      Remove and deprovision Edge on W10
      No problems here with DISM reporting no corruption and SFC integrity the same
      (with pre-surgical image of course)
      Choose your browser and bingo, no issues with ChrEdge 🙂

      Win11 however, may be a chocolate kettle of fish

      Windows - commercial by definition and now function...
    • #2410053

      MSEdgeRedirect tool to redirect Microsoft Edge links has been updated

      MSEdgeRedirect 0.6.0.0 is an open source tool to redirect Microsoft Edge specific links on Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices to other browsers.

      A new version of MSEdgeRedirect has been released. Interested users can download it from the official GitHub repository. It is available for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 8.1 and newer, including the latest Windows 11 builds.

      Note: Google Safe Browsing and Microsoft SmartScreen may block the downloading or running of the tool. Since it is open source, you may check out the code to make sure it is legitimate. A scan on Virustotal returned three hits, but only from lesser known antivirus engines…

    • #2523966

      MSEdgeRedirect 0.7.3.0 update

      Release notes

      0.7.3.0 comes with the following changes:
      Fixed PDF handling
      Updated Submodule code
      Fixed issues with Regex case-sensitivity
      Added “Default” option for PDF handler
      Fixes issues with NoMoreEdge detection
      Add Warning if Installer fails to copy files
      Fixed Windows Notifications not being handled
      Fixes issues for users with non-C: Windows Installs
      Fixed Edge Case in which MSEdgeRedirect might infinitely loop
      Temporarily removed /update command line option. This will be improved in 0.8.0.0
      Swapped to a directory junction for IFEO passthrough. Permanently fixes asking to update IFEO file!

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