We understand Microsoft's point concerning anti-hijacking provisions, but its somewhat shady behavior in setting the default browser brought Mozilla to this point. This is because the company wants to prevent malware from hijacking browsers to set them as the default against the users' wishes. Microsoft doesn't support this type of 'workaround' for third-party browsers and reserves this functionality for Edge.

Windows 11 wants you to change file associations individually when setting a default browser. So now, users can set Firefox 89 as the default from within the browser itself rather than navigating to Settings and mucking around with individual file associations (HTM, HTML, PDF, SHTML, SVG, WEBP, XHT, XHTML, FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS). Well, Mozilla has had enough, as the company reverse-engineered the one-click method that Microsoft uses to set Edge as the default browser in Windows 11. These barriers are confusing at best and seem designed to undermine a user's choice for a non-Microsoft browser.' Since Windows 10, users have had to take additional and unnecessary steps to set and retain their default browser settings.

'We have been increasingly worried about the trend on Windows. As we reported last month, changing your default browser from Microsoft Edge to Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is more cumbersome, requiring you to delve into Settings and change individual file type associations for your browser.Īt the time, Mozilla SVP Selena Decklemann warned that Microsoft's behavior towards third-party browsers had become untenable. But users should be aware that the company has made some annoying changes to the default browser behavior compared to Windows 10. Microsoft will unleash Windows 11 for the public on October 5 th.

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