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Default Search Provider policies - recommended vs mandatory
It looks like it is only possible to set a default search provider as a mandatory policy. It would be useful to us if we could set this as a recommended policy so we could set the most popular choice...
I use Group Policy preferences(registry) to solv this.
baig79 not sure how you managed this, because the settings are in the Policies key in registry it is for the user impossible to alter it ?
I'm with AndrewSAIF that this would be a nice update.
Hi, I have attached a screen shot.
It is defined in User Configuration.
It sets DefaultSearchProviderEnabled(HKLM) to 1 if default_search_provider_data.template_url_data(HKCU) does not exist.
I have also enabled in policy Microsoft Edge/Default search provider these values:
- Default search provider name
- Default search provider search URL
- Default search provider URL for suggestions
- Exactly what I was looking for ! I would like a recommended GPO (no mandatory one) but that will be enough. Miss just to force sync bookmarks on the first run
Thank you
