But the company says it will begin doing more to block "unrequested modifications to a user's choices. Using these new features isn't mandatory, and app developers who are handling things differently won't need to change their apps immediately.
But the setting was still buried relative to where it was in Windows 10, and it only applied to browsers, leaving image editors and other kinds of apps with the more complex one-file-type-at-a-time controls.
But the Windows 11 Settings app uses a more granular system that sets default apps one file extension at a time.Ī later update to the OS made browser switching marginally easier, at least allowing you to set a default browser with a single button by navigating to that browser within the Default Apps area of the Settings app. Microsoft will also add a pop-up notification that should be used when newly installed apps want to pin themselves to your Taskbar, rather than either pinning themselves by default or getting lost somewhere in your Start menu.įurther Reading Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windows 11Ĭhanging some kinds of default apps got more irritating in Windows 11-the Windows 10 Settings app had a few broad default app categories that you could change with one click, including browsers, viewing photos, and opening emails. A future version of Windows 11 will offer a consistent "deep link URI" for apps so they can send users to the right place in the Settings app for changing app defaults. The company's principled approach is a combination of broad, vague platitudes ("we will ensure people who use Windows are in control of changes to their pins and their defaults") and new developer features. The company plans to make it more straightforward to change your app defaults in future versions of Windows 11, according to a new blog post that outlines a "principled approach to app pinning and app defaults in Windows." One of the enduring legacies of the '90s browser wars has been an outsize attention to how Microsoft handles default app settings in Windows, especially browser settings.
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