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Copper Contributor

Aug 12, 2019

Microsoft Edge C reverting from 32 to 64-bit; setting Edge as default browser not working

Hi! We are currently testing Microsoft EdgeC in our environment. We have selected and manyally install the 32-bit version of Edge Dev. One of our team members has observed this following behavior...

Steve Rugh

Former Employee

Aug 13, 2019

Joe_Dono Thanks for the feedback.

Regarding the update changing bitness on update it looks like we have a bug that we need to fix with the MSIs for that.

Regarding the behavior of disabling auto-updates, we are looking into that more now.

Regarding the default browser setting, which policy are you using to try to do that?

Thanks for trying out the next version of Microsoft Edge!

-Steve

Joe_Dono

Copper Contributor

Aug 19, 2019

Steve Rugh

Hi! attaching a screenshot of the GPO policy setting we are using

Steve Rugh
Former Employee
Aug 19, 2019
Joe_Dono Thanks for the additional info.

What version of Windows are you running?

This policy would only work on Windows 7. For more details, you can see more info here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#defaultbrowsersettingenabled

-Steve
- Joe_Dono
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 19, 2019
  Steve Rugh
  
  Hi we are running Windows 10, v1809 with KB4509479
  - Steve Rugh
    Former Employee
    Aug 19, 2019
    Joe_Dono Unfortunately that policy won't work on Windows 10. We are working on documenting this flow specifically for the browser on Windows 10 in the coming weeks and can update here once that is available.
    
    In the meantime, here is some general information on using DISM to change default associations in Windows 10: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/dism-default-application-association-servicing-command-line-options
    
    -Steve