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Edge forcing switch profiles when using any .local domain or IP address
AlexB Same here. I've already wondered why this only happens with my Pi-hole bookmark. It's annoying as hell and I hope this gets fixed as soon as possible.
- AlexBNov 04, 2023Iron Contributor
there is an icon on the URL bar
Selecting this allowed me to choose in which profile I want to open that specific website, including .local and IP addresses.
I wish Microsoft made this a bit more evident as it is a new feature. I just noticed this as on my 4th machine I was prompted to select the profile I wanted. In 3 other machines, I was not prompted.
- DaCarmingNov 06, 2023Copper Contributor
Although using that icon works, since it's defining the preference at the site-specific level, you'll have to do it for every local site you access on your intranet.
That may be sufficient for your use case... However, I was able to confirm that adding the registry key from the docs will work to revert to the previous behavior for all sites.- kedareNov 24, 2023Copper ContributorAny idea of how to set this on others OS ? Like MacOS or Linux, as we have no registry, I suppose the policies are defined in some kind of file ?
- Ben GeerdesNov 05, 2023Copper Contributor
AlexB I don't see that icon anywhere. I looked at the profile preferences but nothing there either.
- Ben GeerdesNov 05, 2023Copper ContributorActually it is there sometimes. Some addresses show it, others not, for example 192.168.2.64 pops to another windows and shows me the icon. And 192.168.2.1 remains in the same profile and does not show the icon. No idea what the logic is behind this.
- iVirusYxNov 05, 2023Copper Contributor
Thank you, this worked for me!
The people responsible at Microsoft really outdid themselves this time.
- HapNov 05, 2023Brass Contributor
Same here, also moved back to Chrome. This is so silly and annoying, especially because I have profile switching turned off in settings. Edge doesn't care, it will insist to switch to a work profile anyway...
I kind of think/hope this is a bug/oversight on MS part. They can't be that daft to force this on their users right?