I suspect that W10 might use the Edge mechanicals for various UI things. The reason that you can't choose to not install it is because then without it your file viewer or suchlike won't work.
When it comes down to it, a browser is just a means of looking at files, and it's arguably a lot more efficient to have everything in one place rather than having a bunch of different programs with overlapping functionality. > On Jul 26, 2020, at 10:30 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 05:30:04PM -0400, John wrote: >> I just installed the most recent Micro$oft "Security" Update and it >> installed their edge browser without my permission. >> >> According to what I found on the internet, if you're running Windows 10 it >> cannot be removed. > > It might install it, but that doesn't mean it gets set as your default > browser. > Of course if you're dumb enough to click on the button they offer when they're > telling you about the wonderful new options you can get by using their browser > I assume it will go right ahead and do that, but I can't be certain about > that, > because I declined to click on that button. I still have my default browser > of > choice. I'm sure some other Microsoft software will insist on opening up Edge > if I ask it to display a web page, but so far I haven't run into that - those > Microsoft Apps I use most (Visual Studio and Excel/Word) still open up my way. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
