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I just upgraded to Windows 11. I guess that also gave me a new version of Edge. And like most new releases in M$FT, it doesn't work like it used to in even the simplest ways. On my Windows 10 laptop, if I Ctrl-Click on a link in Edge, it opens up a new tab in the same Window. On my Windows 11 laptop, that same action opens up what appears to be a new page, but is really a new tab on a separate page, or something like that. If I close that page, the first page is also closed.
Anyway, what do I need to do to make it work like it used to? Or should I just give up completely and just use Firefox and Chrome?
I checked several websites that suggested solutions, but I could not find the controls they said to use.
Managing tabs, address bar, and search settings in Edge on Windows 11
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***I had the same problem and searching and nothing worked till i seen a one launch app then uninstalled it and it quit happening... im on a different computer im at ***@hotmail.com hope that helped...
i found out how to solve that problem. try to search something, at the right of you search bar, you will see 3 stripes (horizontal), click it, go to settings, more, and on results menu, just uncheck 'Open links from search results in a new tab or window Open links from news results in a new tab or window'
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Open a new edge window and go to Bing.com
Open the settings menu (hamburger icon on top right)
Click on SafeSearch
Untick the box "Open links from search results in a new tab or window"
Save the changes (button is all the way at the bottom)
Restart your Edge browser
Do a new search
Done!
Your methods do not work and you are probably not using the latest version of Edge.