Microsoft wants Edge to automatically open by default every time you turn on your Windows 11 PC
2026-04-03 08:35 UTC
Replies (38)
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@bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-03 21:54
I want Edge to fuck off. #linux
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@TwilitSky@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 19:03
Between this and Lemmy, I’m ready for a switch to Linux now even though I don’t know how it works.
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@Agent641@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 10:33
@echo off timeout /t 60 /nobreak >nul tasklist /fi “imagename eq msedge.exe” | find /i “msedge.exe” >nul if not errorlevel 1 ( taskkill /f /im msedge.exe >nul 2>&1 ) exit
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@bhamlin@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 10:18
Oh, so they’re on board with convincing people to move to Linux. Good job!
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@Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 11:33
Ye olde active desktop for you noobs
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@mechoman444@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 03:03
This post and its entire comment section are hilarious because the vast majority of people browse the internet on their phones, usually through Safari or Chrome. What I find funny is that some people arrogantly and confidently turn their noses up at Windows users for not using Linux, yet they themselves are still using either an iPhone or an Android device
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@bagsy@lemmy.world 2026-04-05 01:39
Who’s computer is it?
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@Alpha71@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 23:59
Could someone PLEASE build an idiot proof way to permanently remove Edge from your system!?
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@DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 17:03
Linux is easier than ever to adop, distros like Mint just works out of the box, gaming with on Linux with proton and newer Wine much easier now… Macs are cheaper than ever with MacBook Neo, if you want something that would just works out of the box. So people have options and they need to realize there is tons of options for every need.
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@Kwyjibo1@lemmy.myserv.one 2026-04-04 17:33
If my school didn’t absolutely require windows I would be fully Linux at this point.
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@Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 2026-04-04 23:22
Linux Mint is so awesome.
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@Dirk@lemmy.ml 2026-04-03 08:42
If you want to open Edge without actually wanting to open it, just accidentally click on one of the advertisements in the main menu or any info area widget. Those ignore the default browser and always open Edge.
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@guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 2026-04-03 08:55
At least it seems pretty easy to disable? From the way they’re talking about it, it’s just a single click on a big banner in the edge window. But still, come on microslop
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@artyom@piefed.social 2026-04-03 08:56
Bring back Janet Reno
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@justsomeguy@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 09:24
Microslop promising to improve windows 11 and give users agency back. 5 minutes later…
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@resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 09:35
Who is windows for anymore now that you can run games on Linux?
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@Maeve@kbin.earth 2026-04-03 10:52
Alongside this new behavior, Microsoft is testing a new UI design for Edge that more closely resembles Copilot. Edge and Copilot are becoming one of the same, with the latest Copilot update dropping its native Windows app in favor of an Edge powered web wrapped experience.
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@rozodru@piefed.world 2026-04-03 11:41
I’ve seen this episode before….something something IE something something Netscape in 98 they were taken to court because at one point you couldn’t even uninstall IE from your PC since, if I remember correctly, It was so tied into the file explorer it would break your system. they also made it difficult to download alternatives like Netscape. I remember my Dad had a thing for “eMachines” PCs because A. they were cheap and B. most of the time they came preinstalled with Netscape as opposed to IE and he liked Netscape a lot better. Problem with this though is I liked to play X-Wing vs Tie Fighter and Jedi Knight online and the easiest way to do so was via Microsofts Internet Gaming Zone which ONLY worked on IE. and downloading/installing IE in the late 90s on a dial up connection took forever. and THEN once you did install it good luck uninstalling it.
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@devolution@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 12:17
Good thing uninstall is a function right?
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@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-03 12:18
As a computer user with ~30 years’ experience with Windows: why? Why does the browser need to open? Since Windows 98, the OS and the browser have shared common elements. Those get preloaded already whether you like it or not. This is how IE got its performance gains and this is how Edge gets them as well. Firefox once had an extension that did a similar thing, it added a system tray icon that would preload parts of the browser. The effects were not that great, but some people kept it around. I suspect Chrome has similar things in Android/ChromeOS. So generally I say this is fine, especially since you can opt out and it probably won’t touch business/enterprise, government users, and maybe even Windows 11 Pro users who are spared a lot of the bullshit. As a Mac guy, I don’t think macOS is loading any part of Safari without permission. Safari isn’t part of Finder (the file manager), it’s not part of the OS aside from being included with it. I run Firefox full time on both my Macs. And of course Linux is less likely to do this. They typically bundle Firefox (some bundle Chrome or something else) and Firefox isn’t really meant to do that out the gate, so I doubt it’s happening at all on Linux. But even if I had 11 Home to game on, I’d just opt out, but also accept that it’s probably still loading parts of Edge that other parts of the OS use (like the help system, is that still a thing? Haven’t seen it since 98 or 2000 or maybe XP). But also, my Macs and iPhone convert the Windows company to, let me just type it so I can show you, Microslop . Yeah, I set that up. It was funny for a while. It’s still funny. Maybe if it stops being funny, I’ll disable it.
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@Strider@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 12:51
It’s fine. More people for Linux!
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@SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 13:04
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@ICastFist@programming.dev 2026-04-03 13:06
Slopya Nadella: “Oh no, people are complaining this is the worst windows ever! We must do something!” and this is the result. /slowclap
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@candyman337@piefed.ca 2026-04-03 13:12
This is malicious, but it’s also not unbeard of, chrome is set to run in the background by default unless you disable that setting. Super annoying and invasive.
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@liking625@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 13:20
they are constantly looking for reasons to turn people away from their products
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@Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 13:45
I prefer Firefox, so I was using that as default browser. Windows asked me every fucking time I started my laptop if I wanted to use edge as default. Sometimes it just went ahead and made the change anyway. Windows was consuming loads of my download data, fuck knows what for. Then the copilot stuff. Finally installed mint and feel like I got my laptop back.
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@tostos@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 14:18
Like in the old days, you open windows, and an internet explorer pop‑up appears.
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@Angrydeuce@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 14:40
Well I want Microsoft to take a big step back and fuck their own face
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@Treczoks@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 14:46
Every shitty new idea in Redmond will just generate more Linux users.
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@Reygle@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 15:28
It already does, on startup, on 11. The process is set to auto-run in task manager on every single new installation, it just doesn’t “appear” though the process is already loaded in memory the moment you log in. Go ahead, check task manager > startup apps Microsoft is malware.
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@Wimster@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-03 15:34
That’s great. Yet another reason to tell people when they ask me why I’m using Linux on my computers.
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@leriotdelac@lemmy.zip 2026-04-03 15:53
It never prompted me. Zen’s my default and I didn’t even open Edge once on my laptop. On my other computer I’m considering Mint or Ubuntu tho, but want to test first before migrating.
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@generic_computers@lemmy.zip 2026-04-03 16:17
In case you didn’t know, you can actually fully uninstall Edge. https://www.neowin.net/guides/here-is-a-simple-method-to-uninstall-edge-in-windows-10-and-11/ (You probably don’t need to do the “vivetool” steps)
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@reksas@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-03 16:48
why stop at edge, open every single program at start up and also fill the screen with pop up ads while you are at it
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@festus@lemmy.ca 2026-04-03 17:06
Wasn’t MS just saying that they were going to work to de-shittify Windows? Evidently the same decision makers for the previous shit are still in charge.
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@guitarfosec@infosec.pub 2026-04-03 17:10
It’s amazing the level of contempt for the average user most tech companies have these days.
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@bridgeburner@lemmy.world 2026-04-03 17:26
New theory: Microslop makes Windows shitty on purpose so that eventually all people leave and they can stop “developing” Windows and therefore save a lot of money, also by then firing all the devs (if they haven’t been already, cos of AI)
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@ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 2026-04-03 17:29
I was gonna say government (legislation with teeth), but yeah sorta