Setting a browser other than Edge as the default browser in Windows 11 is proving to be difficult. 信號邊緣 is a good browser, sure, but it may not be the browser you want. With the release of Windows 11, now’s the time to figure out how to make your favorite browser the default browser in Windows 11.
If your favorite browser is 火狐瀏覽器, this is simple and easy. However, if your favorite browser is Chrome瀏覽器, Opera, 勇敢或者 替代瀏覽器, it takes significantly more work to set it as the default web browser in Windows 11.
How To Make Firefox the Default Web Browser in Windows 10 and 11
Mozilla, makers of Firefox, weren’t happy with Windows 11 requiring people to select the default browser for each file type. So Mozilla came up with a workaround. It also works in Windows 10.
- 下載並安裝 火狐瀏覽器. There isn’t a particular version of Firefox for Windows 11. Whatever Mozilla’s website gives when clicking on 下載Firefox 將工作。
- When Firefox opens after installation, it will go through a setup wizard. The second choice in the setup process is to Make Firefox your default。 選擇 Make Default Browser 按鈕。
That’s it. Firefox is the default browser now for .htm, and .html file types and links that begin with http and https. Continue with the rest of the Firefox setup.
How To Make Other Browsers the Default Browser in Windows 10 and 11
- Download and install the preferred web browser. For this example, it’s Chrome. Go through the Make Chrome your own process. At the end, Chrome presents a link to 設置為默認. Selecting that opens Windows Settings 默認應用.
If a browser other than Chrome is being installed, open Default apps manually. Select the 開始 menu and start typing 默認應用. The top result should be 默認應用。 選擇它。
請按照以下步驟操作 窗戶11. Skip down for Windows 10 instructions.
- In 預設產品 apps, scroll down to Chrome瀏覽器, or the browser’s name just installed, and select it.
- In the new window, the top choice is the 。HTM file type. Select the bar style button underneath to change the default browser for that file type.
- Before you switch pop-up will open. This is Microsoft providing a last-moment opportunity to stay with Edge. Select 無論如何切換 to continue changing the default browser.
- In the next pop-up, select the desired browser and then select OK to set it as the default for the file type. Continue this process for all the desired file types and link types to open with the new default browser.
Note that when the default browser is changed for the HTTP link type, Windows automatically changes it for the HTTPS link type.
Follow these steps for 窗戶10.
- In Default apps, scroll down to 的網絡瀏覽器。 選擇 微軟邊緣.
- 在 Choose an app menu that opens, select 谷歌瀏覽器, or the name of the browser just installed, and select it.
- Before you switch pop-up will open. This is Microsoft providing a last-moment opportunity to stay with Edge. Select 無論如何切換 to continue changing the default browser.
The default browser is now changed.
How To Change the Default Browser for News and Search In Windows 11
In Windows 11, Search and the News widget will continue to use Edge as the default browser after changing the default browser for everything else. There isn’t a way to change this in the Default Apps menu. Instead, use the free app EdgeDeflector to change the default browser for Search and News.
- 下載並安裝 邊緣偏轉器. Allow it to install to the default location it chooses.
- 已提交 默認應用程序 in Windows Settings and scroll to 邊緣偏轉器。 選擇它。
- 點擊 微軟邊緣 選項,然後在 How do you want to open this? Window, select 邊緣偏轉器,然後選擇 OK.
- Test to make sure it worked by opening the Start menu and searching for something like online tech tips. Select a web result, and it will open in Chrome or whatever you have set as the current default browser.
How To Make Edge the Default Browser In Windows 10 or 11
If you don’t want Chrome or another browser as the default, Microsoft makes it easy to switch back to Edge as the default browser.
- Open the Edge browser. In the location bar, enter 邊緣://設置/默認瀏覽器
- At the top of the page that opens is the section Default browser, and directly below that is the option to Make Microsoft Edge your default browser。 選擇 使默認 按鈕。
Nothing appears to happen other than the option changes to Microsoft Edge is your default browser and the Make default button is greyed out.
Will This All Change?
Changing browsers in Windows 10 is very much like it has always been, yet it’s completely different in Windows 11. Will it stay like this? Will other browsers include the same kind of set default browser mechanism that Firefox has?
As Windows 11 rolls out globally, don’t expect the process to change. However, Google and other browser providers are sure to include a default browser mechanism like Firefox. Whatever makes it easier to make their browser the default is in their best interests.