Closed t3dotgg closed 7 years ago
I found an article that promotes your extension even though it won't work standalone. Force Cortana to Use Chrome
The writer offers two solutions to redirect browser opening: EdgeDeflector and SearchWithMyBrowser and suggests Chrometana for url redirection.
I ran EdgeDeflector, pointed Cortana to Chrome, then installed Chrometana. It works perfectly.
I see no reason to abandon Chrometana, as it is still a vital piece of the solution.
Due to the very hack-y nature of all current solutions (involving scripted registry hacks and enabling of deprecated functionality in Windows 10), I'm uncomfortable publicly endorsing most of these things as Chrometana-certified "solutions" to Microsoft's changes.
I am more than willing to maintain Chrometana to make sure it works with these hacks, but I'm now a full time software engineer at Twitch and my priorities are elsewhere
Thank you for bringing these solutions to my attention, I trust you understand the inherent stability and security risks in using them, and as such that you understand why we are not prioritizing development around them
I looked the code for EdgeDeflector. It uses the same technique as Chrometana, but at a different level of the stack. It is a Windows COM service intercepting microsoft-edge:
urls and converting them to regular http
or https
urls so they inherently end up opening your default browser.
A current user emailed this link to me
https://gitlab.com/valinet/cortana-search-using-default-browser
Looking into it now, perhaps this is our ticket to freedom?