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A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser

10 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 0 stories, 10 comments · first 2021-11-15 · latest 2026-04-03

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  1. …you want. It's for when Windows ignores your default browser and opens Edge w/o your consent. https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect
    comment by WarOnPrivacy · 2026-04-03 · in Microsoft wants Edge to automatically open by default at Windows 11 boot
  2. I use this: https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect and am very satisfied.
    comment by zecg · 2024-01-31 · in Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission
  3. …that setting back. If you want windows searches to open in your default browser, you have to use https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect
    comment by alargemoose · 2023-12-17 · in Microsoft forced people to install their browser (2010)
  4. https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect is a decent band-aid on the problem.
    comment by rekoil · 2023-09-11 · in Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users
  5. I can recommend https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect
    comment by zecg · 2023-08-30 · in Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
  6. https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect still works
    comment by drdaeman · 2023-06-27 · in Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
  7. https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect That should fix it, right? I use it for quite a long time now and it works with the search bar in the startmenu.
    comment by entropie · 2023-06-27 · in Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
  8. I wonder if MSEdgeRedirect will work around this... https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect
    comment by tyingq · 2023-05-03 · in MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
  9. …change the default browser for it, but Microsoft updated that option away during Windows 10. [1]: https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect/
    comment by debugnik · 2023-01-18 · in No Start Menu for You
  10. You can use https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect Also this https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector/issues/142#issuecommen... setting might me important for some people.
    comment by noxer · 2021-11-15 · in Microsoft to Block Windows 11 Browser Workarounds