Leak suggests Windows 11's taskbar or Start menu search might finally respect your default browser, such as Chrome.

New flags spotted in the latest version of Edge Canary suggest Microsoft wants to hand-off Windows 11's search box onto your ...

Don't like Bing and Edge? Windows may soon let you launch Start menu links via your default browser and search engine ...

Windows is generally flexible about tweaks to its system—and advanced users have long taken advantage of registry tweaks to make the OS behave. But recently, Microsoft has quietly barred access to one ...

One of the enduring legacies of the '90s browser wars has been an outsize attention to how Microsoft handles default app settings in Windows, especially browser settings. The company plans to make it ...

Microsoft is using a banner to get users to use Edge as the default browser in Windows 11. The banner flaunts Edge's built-in security and privacy features to get users to make it their default ...

Google undoubtedly dominates the desktop browser market, while Microsoft Edge has shown notable growth in recent times. However, Firefox continues to face challenges in attracting new users. In an ...

Windows 11 famously made it an exhaustive chore to change your default browser, but it has since eased up quite a lot. Now, Google Chrome is rolling out the ability to become your default browser on ...

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3: The default web browser in Windows should therefore be the one designed and controlled by Microsoft. It should also be possible to change that browser if you choose to, but the original, vanilla ...

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