Spoofing EEA checks to allow uninstalling Edge

[iMarbot]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

With the new EEA changes Microsoft are making, would it be possible to reverse engineer what the OS actually does/uses to detect whether Edge and Bing can be uninstalled and then just spoof that behaviour using registry edits or something? So that we can uninstall Edge even outside of EEA and not have to redirect everything? Or even, just the functionality to always honour http and https protocols with the user-selected default app?

Scenario when this would be used?

Would be a sort-of built-into-Windows Edge Redirect functionality that would hopefully work even more consistently and break less often.

Supporting information

• https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/11/16/previewing-changes-in-windows-to-comply-with-the-digital-markets-act-in-the-european-economic-area/

[rcmaehl]

Ah, they finally actually started implementing this despite promising it MONTHS ago? I'll look into it though, thanks!

[rcmaehl]

Added 1 of 2 methods for Europe Mode.

2nd method coming soon