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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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Windows + R: microsoft-edge:https://google.com #388

Closed oleberdal-amedia closed 4 months ago

oleberdal-amedia commented 5 months ago

This opens google.com in Microsoft Edge, however I was under the impression it was supposed to be redirected to another browser (my default is Google Chrome).

It does however work when I click links in the Windows Menu (it is correctly redirected to Google Chrome).

On another note the README.md fails to explain HOW to redirect Bing to Google. I have been unable to figure that out😅

rcmaehl commented 5 months ago

That is correct. DO you know which mode you installed the app using? Service Mode or Active Mode? Service Mode will need to be launched from the Start Menu as "MSEdgeRedirect" but Active Mode works automatically.

oleberdal-amedia commented 5 months ago

I don't know the difference between Service Mode or Active Mode, but I installed by typing winget install MSEdgeRedirect in Terminal (PowerShell).

EDIT: Found the Wiki and am educating myself.

EDIT2: Found the MSER Settings. Haven't found out how to activate the Active Mode though. Those options are disabled in the settings.

oleberdal-amedia commented 5 months ago

Seems I want Active Mode instead of Service Mode?

Anyway half the time my Windows Menu web search clicks opens Google search in Google Chrome (correctly), and the other half it opens Bing search in Edge🤔🤔

I have the following settings active:

oleberdal-amedia commented 5 months ago

SOLVED: Although this issue might properly reflect some problem with Service Mode, I no longer have any issues after using the Installer and using Active Mode.