Submitted 6 months ago by Lemminary@lemmy.world to youshouldknow@lemmy.world
https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect
I haven’t seen a recent post about this.
This is a handy tool to have for anyone sick of Microsoft’s shit and those who are slowly transitioning out of their ecosystem. It forces Windows to open your default browser instead of Edge every time you accidentally click on certain links in the Start menu, the toolbar widget, or open the help page by pressing F1.
It’s simple to install and also lets you customize other actions shown below:
Official site: MSEdgeRedirect.com
Been using this for years
you can change region to English(world) or something like that (or an EU country) to remove edge and not have it auto installed again
Laughs in EU (we can uninstall Edge)
You can also just use Edge Blocker:
www.sordum.org/9312/edge-blocker-v2-0/
…And if you do any of those things (like ye gods forbid, press F1 in a File Explorer window) it simply won’t work. Depending on the object in question either nothing happens at all, or you get a sad easily dismissable dialog box complaining that Windows couldn’t open Edge.
You can also block the Edge webview component if e.g. you would like Steam not to work.
Show-offs. When will modern Linux catch up to this level of customization? That looks so much easier than what I had to do in order to make my Biebian desktop open everything in Edge.
laughs in GNU Linux
Yay they revived it (I remember using a similar tool when I was on Windows)
YSK that you can just install Linux (Mint)
Funny thing is, I have and it was a terrible experience getting the thing to work, but I’m slowly getting over the other side hopefully with a decent distro.
Can I ask what you found terrible? Ive been getting into some FOSS contributions (for my own weird bugs) this year and I’d like to start addressing some of the issues people come across when they try out Linux
Why doesn't anything like this exist for windows 11?
Sorry, I should’ve included 11 in the title! The minimum requirement is 10. :)
Win 11 has Talon, which just rips out most of the Microsoft specific bs anyway.
Note: I don’t know enough about the script to say for sure that it is safe. And even if I did, I’m a stranger on the internet so you should do your own research before using ❤️
I keep running into this same deadend in my attempts to maintain decent digital hygiene. I'm always in the need to do more research before trying, but there's no way to pretend I've gone through every code line and audit either. Ultimately I'm always left with whatever solutions are most suggested--recurring suggestions becomes my true filter/litmus test but I know this itself is soon to become it's own non-solution.
MsEdgeRedirect is the first thing I install (after Firefox) on a new Windows 11 build.
Its sad Windows users have to hack their OS they pay for.
It’s not exactly our choice. I got 7 for a huge discount back in school and I’ve been upgrading it for free. That’s around the time when I switched to Linux the first time and realized it wasn’t for me. I tried again a couple of months ago and it’s been a bit of a headache trying to get things to work. Installing this is way easier in comparison.
What hardware are you using?
If you have the right hardware for Linux, everything just kind of works these days in my experience. Nvidia can be a pain, so I stick to AMD. WiFi also has to be the right chipset.
Codecs can also be an issue because some have restrictive licensing, but there are easy ways to handle that too.
If you need help, there are lots of people who will kindly do so. You have to describe what didn’t work though. What distro were you using, and what was the issue?
Garuda has been a great out-of-the-box experience for me as a gamer. I have obviously added and removed things over time, but it was a trivial install (easier than Windows by far) and has a tool to install anything extra you might need (again, better than Windows). I’ve heard good things about CachyOS being similar too.
Or you can just uninstall edge.
It’s no different from installing different modules in Linux.
If you meant kernel modules, it really, because they’re made in a way in which you’re supposed to be able to add/remove them. This definitely isn’t that. If they wanted to allow you to do this they would have just made it a setting. This is a hack, to change the way existing system functions work, not intended by the developers.
If you mean packages instead, then no. In no way is it similar to installing packages. Are you saying every application you install is the same as hacking into your system to redirect commands to do something they aren’t intended to do, like this is? What?
That’s the problem. Whole point of windows is “you don’t have to modify stuff in roundabout ways like linux.”
I think a lot about where I would be in terms of being able to use Linux if I hadn’t spent all these years just trying to make windows not cancer
Well the best time to start Linux was 15 years ago the second best time is now.
I know it’s not for the same reasons, but hacking your OS is a totally normal thing to have to do. It just mskes us look like the stereotype when we act smug about it (and not the flattering stereotype where we all get katanas and tickets to redmond)
Yeah it’s just realistic to think if you refuse to modify your pc microsoft will just set default to whatever makes them money over what’s convenient for you.
You should know there are better operating systems to use now, Like Nobara
That’s easy to say, but not everyone has the luxury of switching to Linux and investing the time in troubleshooting it. I can’t even develop my plugins properly on Linux as it is, and I’ve already spent too much time trying.
The people working on Nobara project have done 95% of the troubleshooting. Ive yet to have any issues since switching, even added a video capture card in a windows system and it didn’t work, put it on my sys running nobara and it worked after booting.
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Please edit this with one more LINUX, it is bugging me!
Fix the half-assed HDR support, and port the Nvidia App and Nvidia Control Panel. Then, and only then, will I finally switch.
This is but a temporary concession to human weakness in a fallen world.
In exists because too many people install and use versions with edge
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 6 months ago
TIL there are places in the world where you cant just uninstall edge.
Just out of interest. Isnt selecting my default browser telling it to open my choice of browser instead of something else, like edge? What scenario are we talking where windows opens edge instead of my default?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Lucky them! :P