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URGENT BUG Registry Classes Root htmlfile, .htm, .html, etc STILL point to IE in 21H2 and Win11
josh_bodner
Setting the Default Browser to IE is irrelevant. These Registry keys are the default on Windows 11 out of the box. IE is still the COMPUTER default for htm and html files.
Default Browser can be over written by an XML but that enforces Edge as the default.
As I said all the user Defaults are already set to Edge. It is the Computer registry that is the problem.- Ah, out of the box is a different story. I thought you only meant on upgrade, which is a different although still relevant issue, since IE could in theory have still been present on the machines that were being upgraded. Out of the box, IE should be gone though, so I'll definitely ask about that.
- josh_bodner
Look at the Default value in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html on a Windows 11 computer fresh build.
It says htmlfile too.
Definitely a bug.
We have also disabled IE with policy so it opens Edge if you click iexplore.exe but that doesn't fix this.
Hi,
I have faced exactly the same problem. I found that it comes once uninstalled / disabled via features the IE. And actually it does not matter even you have set Edge as default browser before that.
As the fact I was reverted back to IE temporary, until it will be fixed by MS and the issue has been resolved So, it really seams that many other things in windows still pointing to IE, you might see it in registry, like:"CommandId"="IE.Protocol"
"CommandId"="IE.File"
