Edge

On 8/15/2020 11:11 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Blake wrote:

On 8/15/2020 8:36 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On 8/14/2020 12:50 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Blake wrote:

I almost never use Edge; instead I use FireFox, which I think is a much
better browser.

There are two situations in which I use Edge:

1. When a web site doesn't work correctly in FireFox.

2. I use Outlook.exe for e-mail. Sometimes, in some message, if I click
on a link it contains, the web site opens in Edge (even though FireFox
is set as my default browser).

I can't do anything about number 1, but I have a question about number
2. Why? And does anyone here know a way to stop this from happening? I
haven't found a way. And I don't know why it happens irregularly.

I found a solution that nullifies the microsoft-edge: protocol prefix.
Go into Default Apps, select "Choose default apps by protocol", scroll
down and find the microsoft-edge: protocol. By default, Edge is
selected. That means any prefixed URL of the format:

microsoft-edge:URL

will use Edge to load the URL. If you click on the selection for that
protocol, you get a popup list of available handlers that are registered
for that protocol. If you use the link to search Microsoft's Store,
some apps are listed, but none are free. I found the following one
which is free:

https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector

During its install, it's supposed to show some prompt to let you change
the default for the microsoft-edge: protocol. I didn't see it; however,
because Windows 10 protects those choices, many programs that have an
option to make themself the default won't work (there'll be no registry
edit to effect a change to that program as the handler), or they just
dump you into the Defaults Apps wizard, and you have to figure out how
to use that wizard. After installed EdgeDeflector,

OK, I installed EdgeDeflector.

go into the Default
Apps wizard, select the "Choose default apps by protocol", and now click
on the selection for the microsoft-edge: protocol. If EdgeDeflector
isn't already selected,

It's not.

click on the current choice

Edge.

and select
EdgeDeflector which now appears as a choice for that protocol handler.

No, it doesn't appear. What might I be doing wrong?

I found what I was doing wrong. I was using the already opened Control
Panel. I closed Control Panel, reopened it, and started over. This time
EdgeDeflector appeared and I selected it.

Thanks very much. I'll see what happens over the next few days and post
back about it.

Control Panel and the Settings app do not automatically refresh on
changes in the registry. Hell, even changes in the registry don't
automatically get reflected elsewhere, so you have to hit F5 for a
refresh. There is no refresh in Control Panel or Settings apps. You
have to walk away from the screen where you made the change and walk
back to the prior screen to see the change.

Tis easy to test if the helper tool works to subvert Microsoft's attempt
to define their own proprietary (Edge) protocol. Create a URL shortcut
on your desktop that points to:

microsoft-edge:https://www.apple.com/

and another URL shortcut that points to:

https://www.apple.com/

When you double-click on either, the default web browser should load and
connect to the Apple site (or whatever URL you specified). This fix
only affects URLs that are prefixed with microsoft-edge:. As I
mentioned, I haven't bother delving into the Word-specific HTML tags to
see if it is possible to define hyperlinks there instead of using the
standard A href="url" ... HTML tag.


Thanks again. It appears to have worked.



--
Ken

On 8/16/2020 7:49 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On 8/15/2020 11:11 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Blake wrote:

On 8/15/2020 8:36 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On 8/14/2020 12:50 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Blake wrote:

I almost never use Edge; instead I use FireFox, which I think is a much
better browser.

There are two situations in which I use Edge:

1. When a web site doesn't work correctly in FireFox.

2. I use Outlook.exe for e-mail. Sometimes, in some message, if I click
on a link it contains, the web site opens in Edge (even though FireFox
is set as my default browser).

I can't do anything about number 1, but I have a question about number
2. Why? And does anyone here know a way to stop this from happening? I
haven't found a way. And I don't know why it happens irregularly.

I found a solution that nullifies the microsoft-edge: protocol prefix.
Go into Default Apps, select "Choose default apps by protocol", scroll
down and find the microsoft-edge: protocol. By default, Edge is
selected. That means any prefixed URL of the format:

microsoft-edge:URL

will use Edge to load the URL. If you click on the selection for that
protocol, you get a popup list of available handlers that are registered
for that protocol. If you use the link to search Microsoft's Store,
some apps are listed, but none are free. I found the following one
which is free:

https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector

During its install, it's supposed to show some prompt to let you change
the default for the microsoft-edge: protocol. I didn't see it; however,
because Windows 10 protects those choices, many programs that have an
option to make themself the default won't work (there'll be no registry
edit to effect a change to that program as the handler), or they just
dump you into the Defaults Apps wizard, and you have to figure out how
to use that wizard. After installed EdgeDeflector,

OK, I installed EdgeDeflector.

go into the Default
Apps wizard, select the "Choose default apps by protocol", and now click
on the selection for the microsoft-edge: protocol. If EdgeDeflector
isn't already selected,

It's not.

click on the current choice

Edge.

and select
EdgeDeflector which now appears as a choice for that protocol handler.

No, it doesn't appear. What might I be doing wrong?

I found what I was doing wrong. I was using the already opened Control
Panel. I closed Control Panel, reopened it, and started over. This time
EdgeDeflector appeared and I selected it.

Thanks very much. I'll see what happens over the next few days and post
back about it.

Control Panel and the Settings app do not automatically refresh on
changes in the registry. Hell, even changes in the registry don't
automatically get reflected elsewhere, so you have to hit F5 for a
refresh. There is no refresh in Control Panel or Settings apps. You
have to walk away from the screen where you made the change and walk
back to the prior screen to see the change.

Tis easy to test if the helper tool works to subvert Microsoft's attempt
to define their own proprietary (Edge) protocol. Create a URL shortcut
on your desktop that points to:

microsoft-edge:https://www.apple.com/

and another URL shortcut that points to:

https://www.apple.com/

When you double-click on either, the default web browser should load and
connect to the Apple site (or whatever URL you specified). This fix
only affects URLs that are prefixed with microsoft-edge:. As I
mentioned, I haven't bother delving into the Word-specific HTML tags to
see if it is possible to define hyperlinks there instead of using the
standard A href="url" ... HTML tag.


Thanks again. It appears to have worked.


I spoke too soon. It happened again. I just clicked on a link to the
Mint Mobile web site and it sent me to Edge instead of FireFox.

It's a minor nuisance, not a disaster. I'll live with it.


--
Ken

Ken Blake wrote:

I spoke too soon. It happened again. I just clicked on a link to the
Mint Mobile web site and it sent me to Edge instead of FireFox.

It's a minor nuisance, not a disaster. I'll live with it.

The Mint Mobile web site (https://www.mintmobile.com/) has more than one
web page. I bounced around their site trying different links, but all
opened in my default web browser (Firefox).

Which web page (give URL), and which hyperlink did you try?

On 8/17/2020 1:03 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Blake wrote:

I spoke too soon. It happened again. I just clicked on a link to the
Mint Mobile web site and it sent me to Edge instead of FireFox.

It's a minor nuisance, not a disaster. I'll live with it.

The Mint Mobile web site (https://www.mintmobile.com/) has more than one
web page. I bounced around their site trying different links, but all
opened in my default web browser (Firefox).

Which web page (give URL), and which hyperlink did you try?


I got the URL from an e-mail message they sent me. I tried to find it
again, but I failed. Thanks anyway.


--
Ken