Microsoft has reversed a Windows 11 design change that made it highly annoying to change the default browser used by the operating system. Previously, web browsers could configure themselves as the ...

Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating systems and devices, as well as mobile gaming and Apple Arcade news. Shelby also ...

Windows is generally flexible about tweaks to its system—and advanced users have long taken advantage of registry tweaks to make the OS behave. But recently, Microsoft has quietly barred access to one ...

Changing the default browser is more challenging in Windows 11 than in Windows 10. But you can still do it. Here's how. With Windows 11, Microsoft has altered the steps for changing your default ...

Changes to the OS with the release of Windows 11 have predominantly leaned positive. But, Microsoft also made it much more difficult to figure out how to change your default browser in Windows 11. And ...

One of the interesting facets in the "evolution" of Windows over the decade or so is the way Microsoft suddenly pretends not to be aware of common institutional knowledge. Microsoft, for example, had ...

According to the story by SlashGear, ever since it was finally decided to end the Internet Explorer, Microsoft has been on a very aggressive campaign in order to push its replacement into the minds of ...

Microsoft has once again shifted the goalposts to make it harder for end users to choose a default browser other than Edge. The microsoft-edge: URI scheme that handles web links from within Windows 11 ...

Windows 11 famously made it an exhaustive chore to change your default browser, but it has since eased up quite a lot. Now, Google Chrome is rolling out the ability to become your default browser on ...

Microsoft is on the verge of delivering an option in Windows 11 that will make changing the default browser a simple, one-click choice. On March 28, Microsoft quietly rolled out this new feature as ...