Microsoft wants to prevent users from using workarounds to open web queries in Windows Search with browsers other than Edge.
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Microsoft is preparing a “fix” to block the popular EdgeDeflector and thus prevent links from opening in any browser other than Edge on Windows 11.
By default, when you click on a web result in Windows Search, the link opens in Microsoft Edge with Bing, regardless of which browser you have configured as the system default. EdgeDeflector is a small application that redirects web searches to your preferred default browser with your preferred search engine.
Although the application has helped many non-Edge users for a long time, it seems that this will soon no longer be the case, as Microsoft has already confirmed that the search function was not designed to be redirected and any improper redirection of the "Microsoft Edge" protocol will result in a patch blocking such an action. And now the company is testing a block to prevent EdgeDeflector in the preview builds of Windows 11, which are available through the Windows Insider program and should be available to everyone with the Patch Tuesday update in December.
