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MicrosoftEdge Chromium Preview as default browser
danholme You aren't missing anything. W10 in S mode locks you into Edge.
Unless you hear something different from one of the Microsoft employees that participate in this forum, I think you will just have to put up with it.
From https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4020089/windows-10-in-s-mode-faq : "Can I set Google Chrome or Firefox as my default web browser when I'm using Windows 10 in S mode? No. When you're using Windows 10 in S mode, Microsoft Edge is always the default web browser, and Bing is the default search engine. But you can access other browsers and search engines while in S mode. You can download any browser available in the Microsoft Store in Windows, and you can navigate to any other search engine website."
I suspect that W10 S treats Edge Chromium is a "foreign" browser, that is, not-Edge, and accordingly Edge Chromium is treated no differently than Firefox or Chrome.
danholme This one article help a lot
https://techdows.com/2012/05/set-chrome-canary-as-default-browser-in-windows.html
I saw your file/regedit suggestion....but its ridiculous that this is required hooddy
When will we be able to set up Edge as default browser for windows 7 ??
DeanCollins ya can get any standalone installer from there https://tools.shuax.com/edge/
as Google Chrome stand alone setup can be assigned as default browser. But it doesn't have autoupdate option so ya forced to update it manually. But if we talk about stable one build in future or betas its okay.