Windows 10: Why is Microsoft forcing a edge/ie to replace Chrome, causing failures in business systems

Why are all of our Windows 10 systems removing chrome as our default browser?

We have a number of enterprise systems that don't work well with edge and our end users were setup with chrome. This is costing me hundreds of man hours.

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Edge Import Bookmarks from Chrome does not work

Hi,

To resolve your issue with Microsoft Edge, we suggest that you clear your browsing data. Please follow the steps below:

• Click on the 3 dots at the upper right corner of Edge.
• Go to Settings.
• Go to Clear browsing data.
• Click on Choose what to clear > Clear.
• Try to import your bookmarks from Chrome to Microsoft Edge.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Microsoft Edge, IE and Chrome

Hi Robert,

I realize that you want to know why CC Cleaner did clear thousands of Edge and IE files from my computer. I will try to help you with this issue.

Please answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue:

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  Do you have a Wi-Fi net connection?
  
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  Have you installed all pending updates on the pc?
  

Suggest you to post this question related to “CC Cleaner” in the Piriform forums:
Piriform Community Forums

For issues related to Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge, I suggest you to sign out from the current user account, restart the computer and then sign in to the Admin account to check if this helps. Ensure to install any pending updates on the
computer and remember to restart the system.

The “System Maintenance” Troubleshooter is an automated tool which checks for the common maintenance tasks on Windows. Try using the System Maintenance troubleshooter to automatically find and fix problems. Follow these steps to run the troubleshooter:

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  Type “Troubleshooting” in the search bar and press “Enter”.
  
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  In the “Troubleshooting” window, click on “View All” on the left pane.
  
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  Click on “System Maintenance”.
  
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  Click on “Advanced” and then click on “Run as Administrator”.
  
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  Click “Next” and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the troubleshooting process.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.