Windows 11 update solves a major frustration of Google Chrome, Firefox users

Windows 11 was launched with a very complicated process of changing your web browser.

Microsoft Windows 11 was launched with a new, rather complicated process for setting your default web browser.

Windows maker Microsoft is making it easier for its users to change their default web browser on Windows 11. Early Windows 11 was heavily criticized after it launched in Windows for its complicated way of setting up your default web browser. Not only did this annoy users for not being able to set their web browser of choice, but it also forced more users to gravitate to Microsoft’s Edge web browser. Now, the company is making the process easier with Windows 11 build 22000.593, which has been made available to all as an optional update.

windows 11 Its process of changing the default web browser launched with much criticism. Instead of being able to set a common default browser for tasks such as browsing the web or playing media, users had to manually set up associations for each protocol. This means that users will have to change associations for either the HTTP or HTTPS protocols, as well as things like HTML files if they want to open them with their default browser. It only takes a process to start, let alone actually do it.

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Now with the latest update, users can go to the Default Apps page on Windows 11 from Settings > Apps > Default apps. Then, they have to select the browser of their choice like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Now users will see an option at the top of the settings page that lets them set it as their default browser. This will make the chosen browser your default browser and you do not need to specifically change the associations for each type of file.

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Microsoft has been testing this new feature in its dev channel for the past few months. There were speculations about when this feature will be rolled out to the end users, but now it looks like you will not have to wait for long for it. Users can already update their Windows 11 to make it easier to change their web browser. Go to the Updates page in the Settings app and check if there are any updates with the build number KB5011563.

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