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I installed the new Secure Edge browser. Big mistake. How can I go back to the old one?
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If you have feature suggestions then use the Feedback method available in the new Edge, Alt-Shift-I. The development team sees those and will take your feedback into consideration for future feature additions. Due to volume they are very unlikely to respond.
Actually it just happened to me on multiple PCs. The new version 84 was rolled out via KB599309, I had version 44. And it cant be uninstalled. So going back to a restore point was the solution. I see from the link there is another way now however Googling never brought it up. The reasons for not wanting the new Chromium - among several things the worst is the ability not to be able to stop ads from playing. All u can do is set a flag that stops the audio, the ads still play. As well the download 'Save As' feature doesn't seem to allow this it only auto downloads to the default name. What a terrible thing to do to people. There are several missing features which should have been brought forward.
Actually you can only uninstall Edge Chromium if you manually installed it. If it came via MS Update and the KB you cant uninstall it.
This is no longer true :). I only recommend you to restore Legacy Edge if your work is affected by the missing features. Please note that Legacy Edge is a deprecated browser.
Also, It is advised to create a system restore point before you execute the steps.
https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2020/07/uninstall-edge-chromium.htm
Actually you can only uninstall Edge Chromium if you manually installed it. If it came via MS Update and the KB you cant uninstall it. However, a recovery point will have been created so just revert back to the recovery point prior to the KB Auto Update. Just go and check update history and the date the KB for Edge was installed. Once that is done. Go in and do what was recommended below by creating the registry key to allow side by side. Then download the "update hide and trouble shooting tool" and hide the KB599309 update for Edge. This will prevent it from installing and if not ,the registry key is there to allow the side by side install. Or install the new Edge Chromium manually which will prevent the auto install and you can deinstall it later. Plus with the registry key added you will have both the legacy and new/current version. Hope that helps to clarify
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yes internet is working how do i switch back
If that means that Internet Explorer is working and you want it to be the default browser...
Start > Settings > Apps > Default apps > select Internet Explorer as the default web browser.
Because some websites don't work properly, don't display properly in Internet Explorer, you should install one or more of these browsers as backup: Chrome, Firefox, Opera.
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