Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the configured Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser through software or by manually modifying the Registry.
Other browsers can still point to the settings panel (ms-settings:defaultapps) where you see your default program association, you just need to change it yourself.
This is a good change security-wise. All other modern OSes do it, Microsoft is simply catching up.
Other browsers can still point to the settings panel (
ms-settings:defaultapps) where you see your default program association, you just need to change it yourself.This is a good change security-wise. All other modern OSes do it, Microsoft is simply catching up.