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Edge Dev Default Search Broken
On Microsoft Edge Dev 95.0.1000.0, type search terms into the address bar and hit enter. Nothing happens. I also noticed that highlighting text and right-clicking no longer has the option to search for the highlighted text. If I perform the same procedure on Microsoft Edge Stable 93.0.961.38, it searches Google with the entered/selected terms, as expected.
I noticed that the default search engine in Edge Settings appears to be corrupt in Edge Dev and looks okay in Edge Prod.
In our company, the default search engine is managed by a GPO, per the instructions / example in the GPMC. This registry entry is shared between all versions of Edge on a machine…so it seems as though Edge Dev has the issue if Edge Stable still works fine.:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"DefaultSearchProviderEnabled"=dword:00000001
"DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL"="{google:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}ie={inputEncoding}"
I am virtually certain that this is a Microsoft Edge Chromium bug... I’m pretty sure it started with Edge Dev 95.0.1000.0, but I cannot say for sure.
Thoughts?
6 Replies
- Kelly_Y
Microsoft
Metroparks Thanks for reaching out and thanks for the detailed report! It looks like the team has received other similar feedback reports. They are currently investigating and we'll let you know if they have any updates or if they have any follow up questions.
-Kelly
