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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Alejandro86 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, August 31, according to a report by foreign science and technology media bleepingcomputer, in view of the regulatory pressure of the European Union and a large number of complaints from users, Microsoft will soon allow Win11 users to open links in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the regions of EU member states, instead of forcing them to use the Edge browser, they can use their own default browser to open it.

"in the European Economic area (EEA), Windows system components can open links using the default browser," Microsoft said in the Win11 Build 23531 preview update.

The media then contacted Microsoft officials and received a reply: "at present, there is no more supplementary content in addition to the content of the blog post."

Microsoft forces the use of Edge browsers in Win10 and Win11 systems to open links, such as opening help articles in the settings application, clicking on relevant search results in the start menu, and clicking on links in the widget window, forcing the use of the Edge browser instead of the user-configured default browser.

CTOnews.com reported in May this year that Microsoft announced that it would force web links opened by Outlook and Teams to use Edge browsers instead of user-set default browsers.

This means that whether users prefer to use Chrome or Firefox, they will automatically jump to the Edge browser by clicking a link in Outlook or Teams.

In view of this positive change in Europe, some users asked on Hacker News how to deceive Win11 systems into thinking they were in Europe.

Related readings:

"Microsoft angered IT administrators by forcing Edge browsers to open links in Outlook and Teams."

"Microsoft Win11 Dev 23531 preview released to fix some problems that caused the resource manager to crash"

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