Hopefully, the next Microsoft Windows 10 Feature Update will completely remove the Edge classic/legacy version.) (Note that the registry file doesn’t remove any ProgIDs belonging to legacy Edge it just removes the entries responsible for displaying it in Default Apps. To resolve the issue of microsoft-edge: protocol redirecting to the legacy Edge application, you may remove the legacy Edge from Default Apps.ĭownload the following registry file (“remove_legacy_edge.reg”).ĭouble-click the Registry file to unregister legacy Microsoft Edge from Default Apps. It means that the microsoft-edge protocol association is still pointing to the old Edge. The -disable-quic is not a valid command-line argument for Edge Chromium. disable-quic -edge-redirect=Windows.Protocol microsoft-edge: On those systems, the microsoft-edge: protocol may launch the new Edge Chromium but with the command-line parameters used by legacy Edge.įor instance, if you run the command microsoft-edge: from the Run dialog or Command Prompt, it would launch Edge Chromium to the following Bing search page. However, there are exceptions! On some 21H1 and 21H2 systems, the binaries of the legacy Edge may still be intact. The system would any way launch the new Edge no matter which protocol you use: http, https, microsoft-edge. Regardless of the PowerShell output, on most systems, the binaries for the legacy Edge are removed, and the legacy Edge’s package folder contains only some XML files: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe No matter which Microsoft Edge you set as default in Default Apps, it always launches Edge Chromium. PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe InstallLocation : C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe PackageFullName : Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_44.19041.1266.0_neutral_8wekyb3d8bbwe Publisher : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US Running the following PowerShell command would show that the package for legacy Edge exists on the computer: get-appxpackage *MicrosoftEdge* So what you see is only the remnant entry. Since the binaries for the legacy Edge are removed from the computer, it’s showing up as a blank icon. The first one in the above image is the New Microsoft Edge (Edge Chromium), and the second one showing a blank icon is the legacy Microsoft Edge.
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