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rcmaehl / MSEdgeRedirect

A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser

https://MSEdgeRedirect.com

GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0

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You must use a different default browser to use #305

Closed gamesturbator closed 1 year ago

gamesturbator commented 1 year ago

Preflight Checklist

[X] Microsoft Edge is selected in any "How do you want to open this?" box
[X] I've ran the Cleanup tool and tried another install

Install Type

New Install

Install Mode

Unsure

ℹ Behavior

It won't even begin an install. Back to Edgeblocker I guess.

Microsoft Windows version

Windows 11 22H2 22621

Other Software

No response

rcmaehl commented 1 year ago

Are you attempting to run MSEdgeRedirect portably? If not, can you make sure Firefox/Chrome/Brave/Et al is set as the default for both HTTP and HTTPs via

Windows Settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Choose Default Apps by Protocol

gamesturbator commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion but it is infuriating to set any browser other than Edge as my default. I spent the whole day trying to do it. and it was useless. Windows 11 has made too many changes in the last month. I went back to using Windows 11-Lite by a reliable modder. Hope it will install this time. I'll let you know.

On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 2:05 PM Robert C. Maehl @.***> wrote:

Are you attempting to run MSEdgeRedirect portably? If not, can you make sure Firefox/Chrome/Brave/Et al is set as the default for both HTTP and HTTPs via

Windows Settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Choose Default Apps by Protocol

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rcmaehl commented 1 year ago

Using MSEdgeRedirect with Edge as the default browser will be added in the next release and will, at the very least, allow the install regardless.

gamesturbator commented 1 year ago

My understanding of the software it this. Windows keeps wanting to use Edge to run things instead of our favorite browser. MSEdgeRedirect is a workaround. Someone mentioned it could be a PowerShell policy preventing it from running. Could that be the issue? Thanks.

On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 8:08 AM Robert C. Maehl @.***> wrote:

Using MSEdgeRedirect with Edge as the default browser will be added in the next release and will, at the very least, allow the install regardless.

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