Microsoft really wants you to use Edge, and it's getting aggressive about it

Updated November 12, 2022 at 1:57 PM ET: Microsoft responded to our enquiry and directed us to the release notes of a previous Insider build of Windows xi. The article has been updated accordingly.

A recent Insider build of Windows 11 affects the power of EdgeDeflector to redirect links. Sure elements of Windows 11 and Windows ten, such as the News and interests widget, open links in Edge regardless of which browser is set equally default. This is done through the employ of edge:// protocol links. These types of links featherbed default browser settings to open a webpage within Edge. EdgeDeflector worked around this by intercepting border:// protocol links, but the app no longer works on the latest Insider builds of Windows xi.

"You lot tin can't alter the default protocol association through registry changes, OEM partner customizations, modifications to the Microsoft Edge packet, interference with OpenWith.exe, or any other hackish workarounds," explained the developer of EdgeDeflector.

The developer claimed that the change occurred old between Windows xi builds 22483 and 22494, both of which are Insider builds. They claimed that these changes aren't a issues but that they're the upshot of a deliberate change by Microsoft, "This isn't a bug in the Windows Insider preview build. Microsoft has fabricated specific changes to how Windows handles the microsoft-edge:// protocol."

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When reached out for a annotate, Microsoft directed usa to the release notes for Windows xi build 22000.346, which states:

We fixed an issue where Bone functionality could be improperly redirected when microsoft-edge: links are invoked.

Microsoft did not specify if information technology views EdgeDeflector as an example of improperly redirecting border:// protocol links.

EdgeDeflector volition remain available for download, but its developer won't try to update it until Microsoft changes how it handles edge:// protocol links. The developer of EdgeDeflector stated that there are nevertheless ways to brand the app work on Windows 11 merely that they "require making destructive changes to Windows."

EdgeDeflector

This app redirects any links y'all click to your default browser, but Microsoft appears to be working to block its functionality.

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