Windows 10: Latest update changes pinned legacy edge shortcut to Edge Chromium

Can anybody who has both legacy Edge and Edge Chromium installed verify this unacceptable behaviour.

I did the regedit to retain Legacy Edge and that works fine, and in apps list I see both Edge Chromium and Legacy Edge.

I pin Legacy Edge to Taskbar and it works fine.

I reboot pc and it CHANGES the pinned shortcut to Edge Chromium - WTF!!!

I tried pinning both and it still changes short cut on Taskbar to Edge Chromium.

I tried to create a new shortcut for Legacy Edge using tutorial, and put it on my desktop. I RENAMED the shortcut, and it works fine. I pin it to Taskbar, reboot and it gets bloody changed to Chromium.

This change has happened since most recent update. Before, it would do change it when you updated and only a minor inconvenience.

I cannot find a way of pinning legacy Edge to taskbar now.

Anybody have any ideas how to get round this reprehensible change?

:)

 

Edge Chromium

Hi All,

* We have installed edge chromium 84.0.522.63 offline installer and it has upgraded the inbuilt microsoft edge.

* Current edge chromium 84.0.522.63 got upgraded automatically after an update edg chromium 86.0.622.38 has got installed from windows update.

*But this time once the update got installed, it has created duplicate edge chromium shortcut on the task bar.





*we have unpinned the second one manually but after restart it has come back again.



*One thing we noticed it that, when we launch the edge (edge chromium) browser, the duplicate edge chromium shortcut on the task bar is getting removed by itself..





*but once the device is restarted, we can see the edge chromium duplicate shortcut is back.

we can see inconsistent behaviors here with the edge chromium.

*Please check and help about how to get this duplicate task bar edge chromium shortcut removed permanently.

 

Edge Shortcut disappeared

Hello,

It is possible that several system files have been corrupted on your computer causing Microsoft Edge shortcut not to appear. To help you out with your concern, we suggest that you open the Microsoft Edge and try to pin it to your taskbar. You may refer to
the steps below:

• Open Cortana.
• Type Microsoft Edge.
• Right-click on Microsoft Edge and select Pin to taskbar.

After you pin it back, you should be able to use Microsoft Edge properly without problems.

If the issue persists, we recommend running the System File Checker tool
to repair missing or corrupted system files on your computer.

Let us know the outcome and if you need further help.

 

New Chromium based Microsoft Edge now generally available

Not sure what's going on there. Maybe your Chromium Edge install is hosed. It may be worth uninstalling Chromium Edge and reinstalling it.