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Windows Central
Technology
Sean Endicott

A Windows update just made it harder to set Chrome as your default browser

Google Chrome on Windows

What you need to know

  • Google Chrome used to let users set it as their default browser with a single click.
  • The feature stopped working following a Windows update that shipped in April 2023.
  • Microsoft has been criticized in the past over its repeated attempts to get people to stop using Chrome and other non-Edge browsers.
  • The blocking of Chrome's one-click feature to change default browsers could fall into that category as well, but there is a security reason to block the option.
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