If you want to switch to Firefox on Windows, Mozilla has made switching your default browser easy with some ingenious reverse engineering. Mozilla's new method lets you change the default browser with one click, rather than using Microsoft's clunky, multi-step method.
Making a web browser the default browser wasn't a big deal until the arrival of Windows 10 and its Microsoft Edge web browser. Microsoft has made it harder on Windows 10 to change default programs, including the default browser. By only allowing the default browser to be changed from within settings, Microsoft is actually increasing the chances that people will stay on Microsoft Edge.
Likely angered by Microsoft's new policy, Mozilla has bypassed the rules to make it easier for users to switch default browsers. Firefox 91 now allows you to change the default browser directly in the browser itself, instead of guiding users to the Windows Settings app. “People should be able to set defaults simply and easily, but they don't,” a Mozilla spokesperson told The Verge.
How to make Mozilla Firefox the default browser on Windows 11?
With Mozilla's method, you can change the default for Firefox from the browser itself on Windows 11. When you launch the browser, it asks you if you want to make Firefox the default browser. If you say yes, Firefox will take care of all the background work.
Microsoft does not support this type of "workaround" for third-party browsers and reserves this functionality for Edge. According to the American company, this decision was allegedly made to prevent malware from hijacking browsers to set their programs as the default browser against users' wishes.
This is indeed good news for users from a security point of view, but it also prevents Edge's competitors from being easily adopted by internet users. Not everyone knows how to change the default browser in the new Settings app, which has undergone a redesign with the new version of Microsoft's operating system.
Source : The Verge
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