Mar 30, 2022 11:08:00

Windows 11 adds 'default browser' selection, showing signs of improvement in Microsoft Edge enclosure strategy

Windows 11 is known to have

complicated steps to set non-Microsoft browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox as the 'default browser'. In the update delivered at the end of March 2022, the setting method of 'default browser' was changed and the procedure for changing 'default browser' became relatively easy, so actually change the default browser. I did.

Microsoft is finally making it easier to switch default browsers in Windows 11 --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/29/23001277/microsoft-windows-11-default-browser-new-options

The 'default browser' is the browser that is automatically selected when you click the URL of a web page or open an HTML file. In the past Windows, the 'default browser' was a single click from the setting screen of each browser. It was possible to change the setting of. However, in Windows 11, the procedure for changing the 'default browser' has been changed to 'manually change from the' default app 'menu in' Settings '', changing to a non-Microsoft browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Was troublesome.

The change procedure, which was pointed out as troublesome to change the settings, looks like this. For example, if you want to set Google Chrome to 'Default Browser', first click 'Set as Default' in Google Chrome.

The 'Default apps' menu of 'Settings' will open automatically, so find and click 'Google Chrome'.

Then, the file formats available in Google Chrome will be displayed in a row, so you need to select the file formats you want to handle in Google Chrome one by one.

In the new Windows 11 update 'KB5011563 (OS Build 22000.593)' released at the end of March 2022, the setting procedure of this 'default browser' has been changed. The procedure to select each browser from the 'Default apps' menu in 'Settings' is the same, but a new item 'Make Google Chrome the default browser' has been added. When you click 'Set as default' placed in the item ...

HTM and HTML files are set to open in Google Chrome. The number of clicks required to change the 'default browser' is reduced compared to the previous procedure.

Also, in Windows 11, when you click the link to the web page placed in 'Settings' etc., the behavior that Microsoft Edge is opened ignoring the 'default browser' was also

talked about, but the update 'KB5011563 ( After applying 'OS Build 22000.593)', the link placed in 'Settings' is now opened in the 'Default Browser'. However, Microsoft Edge will continue to start automatically for web searches from the Start menu.

In addition, Mozilla Firefox

realizes the same operation as Microsoft Edge, 'Set as default browser with one click from the browser setting screen', with ' Firefox 91 ' released in 2021. This operation was still available even after applying the update 'KB5011563 (OS Build 22000.593)'.