Windows 10: Why do some links STILL open with Edge after setting my default browser to NOT edge

Usually web links open correctly in the default browser that I've selected under Settings > Apps > Default Apps.


But some web links seemto ignore this and always open in Edge.


Here's an example - a weblink from Settings > Personalization>Taskbar:





Surely ALL web links shouldopen in the default browser that I've selected, shouldn't they ?

:)

 

Unable to Open links in mail, edge is default browser

Unable to Open links in mail, edge is default browser. I have always had them open in edge when I clicked on them, now they say Unable to Open

HTML:

, I checked that edge is still my default browser.

 

Default Browser Keeps Changing to Edge

Yes, just to confirm again, when I open FireFox before opening any other link/program/app - I get the pop-up to make FireFox my default browser and I check the box and confirm. If I also complete all of Erika's suggestions:

• Choose default apps by file type
• Choose default apps by protocol
• Set defaults by app

Then for THAT session, everything works ok. But when I shutdown and restart, it all reverts to Edge - the default browser and all my selections for default app by file type, default app by protocol and defaults by app..

If I ONLY open FireFox before opening any other link/program/app and make it my default browser, but then click on a link within an Outlook mail - the link will open in Edge.

What confuses me about Erika's sentence: "Set your preferred default browser to skip
Choose default apps by file type." is the part about 'set your preferred default browser to skip' is this a setting within FireFox after making it my default browser? Because I am changing default apps by file type on the Windows Settings
page and choosing http and https to be connected to FireFox instead of Edge.

Regardless, any changes that I make are changed back to Edge after a shutdown or restart and I am completely frustrated by having to reset everything each time I start my computer.

 

How to set Microsoft Edge as default browser.

Hi,

I would suggest you to try the steps below and check again.

1. Press Windows key + I to open settings.

2. Click System and click default apps.

3. Click web browser and select Microsoft edge.

Hope this helps.