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This is insane. I woke up, turned my pc on and see that while my computer updated Microsoft sneakily installed a new version of edge. The icing on the cake, however, is that my system's screen was commandeered by an unclosable presentation forcing me to watch a slow and meticulous explanation of all of the changes you've made to my system that I never asked for and want nothing to do with.
This behavior is doing the opposite of what your company wants to happen. These forceful tactics do not make anyone want to use your service and immediately make you a nuisance and enemy to the user. It's as if you as a company feel your users are going to be too stupid to notice this change or too lazy to go back to using their original browser and just passively accept the changes you've made. We're not cattle. We make our own decisions.
So here I am, taking up my time and energy trying to change things BACK to the way I had them, on the computer I pay a lot of money to own and maintain.
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i fully agree; to day i was not allowed to open chrome; even reinstalling chrome did not work; it appears that i have to exit microsoft s to use apps which are not available in ms store; once i exit ms s i cannot come back; this is high handed behaviour;
This is not true, you make a browser choice, but in various website pointings within win10 you will still be automatically opening the Edge browser, even though you have a different default browser set.
This gives false user statistics.
Also this update happens to me 4 times now, I have chosen a different browser, but it installs edge, opens it, puts the quick access button on the taskbar.
This is all very forceful and not necessary, it should only update if, its the default browser used.
Or alternatively update it but dont open it or install shortcuts when its not set to default browser.
I'm glad it works for you. I just don't want to leave Google Chrom because I already know where everything is as far as navigation. I don't understand why I can't choose Google Chrom and nothing else,as long as it is available.
... it ... is forcing me to use Edge browser which I do not want to do.
Windows is insisting that you the user make the choice of which browser to use by default. It will not - in the interests of user choice - allow applications (like third-party browsers) to alter your own preference.
Click Start and select Settings, then Apps. Under Default apps, select the web browser you want to use.
You may have to repeat this exercise if an application tries to change the setting in the future.
Now I am losing a lot information that will be impossible to recreate.
The update to the new version of Edge will not lead to a loss of information. If you explain what kind of information you apparently lost, we should be able to help you retrieve it.
You may have received the new Edge at the same time as Windows 10 was updated to the latest version 2004. This update is a complete reinstallation of Windows, and a few users have found that the contents of the system user folders (e.g. Documents, Pictures) were missing. Is this what you experienced?
Browser data (e.g. favourites, saved passwords, tabs set aside) should have migrated to the new version when Edge was updated. If this is what happened - and again, a few users have experienced this - there are remedies.
Please use the Ask a question option on this page to start your own thread, explaining in detail what the problem is. Your post at the end of a long, old discussion will not be seen by anyone coming to this forum to help, and it won't ever be seen by anyone (i.e. the Edge product team) in a position to do something about your concerns. To make your views known where it matters, use the feedback option within the browser (Alt-Shift-i). All feedback is seen by members of the team.