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A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser
$ winget install --id rcmaehl.MSEdgeRedirect --exact --version 0.8.0.0Run in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. Prompts for any agreements.
MSEdgeRedirect uses EXE. The silent install switches are /wingetinstall.
MSEdgeRedirect.exe /wingetinstall
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This tool filters and passes the command line arguments of Microsoft Edge processes into your default browser instead of hooking into the microsoft-edge: handler, this should provide resiliency against future changes.
Additionally, an Image File Execution Options mode is available to operate similarly to the Old EdgeDeflector.
Additional modes are planned for future versions.
| Architecture | Type | Scope | Install | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x64 | EXE | machine | Direct |
Copy a command tailored to that specific architecture, type, and scope - useful when winget would otherwise pick a different default.
No known CVEs for MSEdgeRedirect.
Coverage is best-effort and depends on a winget package mapping to an NVD CPE entry. Absence here is not a guarantee of safety.
More from Robert Maehl Software or browse edge, image-file-execution-options, msedge.