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MicrosoftDev channel update to 81.0.389.2 is live
1. Will EdgeDev continue to be separate from the now-released new Edge?
2. How do we remove the old Edge from our computers? Uninstall is grayed out.
3. Why do you keep opening the old Edge after updates to new Win 10 builds, even though EdgeDev is the default browser?
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JimRome wrote:1. Will EdgeDev continue to be separate from the now-released new Edge?
2. How do we remove the old Edge from our computers? Uninstall is grayed out.
3. Why do you keep opening the old Edge after updates to new Win 10 builds, even though EdgeDev is the default browser?
1. Yes, definitely, 100%. just like Google uses their Beta/Dev/Canary channels to continue developing Google chrome further, Microsoft uses Beta/Dev/Canary channels to develop and improve Microsoft Edge.
new features always appear in Canary, then on Dev, then on Beta, and finally on Stable channel.
so yes they will be separate which also means you can have and install them all at the same time on the same computer without any problem.
2. You don't. it's a built in preinstalled UWP app and there is no option in the Windows settings nor in control panel to remove/uninstall it.
when you install stable version of the new Microsoft Edge, it will automatically replace the Legacy Edge, although you can make a minor adjustment to the Group Policy to allow them to run side by side.
3. Go to Windows settings => Apps => Default Apps and then set the Edge Dev as default browser.
however, if you install Edge stable, it will replace Legacy Edge and no link will be opened in the Legacy Edge anymore.
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Spoiler3. Why do you keep opening the old Edge after updates to new Win 10 builds, even though EdgeDev is the default browser?
3. Go to Windows settings => Apps => Default Apps and then set the Edge Dev as default browser.
HotCakeX I think he means the fact that, after you upgrade to a new build of Windows, we auto-launch Edge Legacy. That behavior is hard-wired and has nothing to do with the default browser. We're working on replacing that behavior so that Edge Stable (once it's installed) will be able to auto-launch itself, but since Edge Stable isn't going to be auto-installed on peoples' machines for a while, you'll probably want to just install Edge Stable yourself if you want to stop seeing Edge Legacy.
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