MSEdgeRedirect

A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser

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MSEdgeRedirect - 0.4.0.0 - A Worthy Successor

Published by rcmaehl almost 3 years ago

THIS BUILD IS OUT OF DATE. CHECK HERE FOR THE LATEST

0.4.0.0 comes with the following changes:

  • Added Installer on First Run
  • Added Additional Debug Logging
  • Added Start Menu Item for (Old) SERVICE MODE
  • Improved Edge Command Line Detection Accuracy
  • Added Default Browser Check to Prevent Infinite Loop
  • Added ACTIVE MODE, operates similarly to EdgeDeflector (Based on work by @AveYo)
  • Removed Debug Message when running with /hide flag accidentally left in

Disclaimer

PLEASE NOTE: MSEdgeRedirect is still BETA. Changes are to be expected, and performance to be improved.

How to use:

  1. Launch the app

  2. Select your preferred configuration options
    Note: ACTIVE MODE Requires one time Admin Rights

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  3. Relax

Known issues with this build:

  • High DPI scaling causes text to be cut off - #16, should be fixed in 74cf9e7e0e8748e2573676c3a169d89f48f9bc69
  • ACTIVE MODE uses installer instead of Installed File - #17, should be fixed in 80412a88514145ed64fae371225eedee1b727f41

System Requirements

  Minimum Requirements Recommended
OS Windows 8.1 Latest Windows 11 Build
CPU 32-bit Single Core 64-bit Dual Core or Higher
RAM (Memory) 40MB Free 100MB Free
Disk (Storage) 5MB Free 100MB Free
MSEdgeRedirect - 0.3.0.0 - Improvements, Improvements

Published by rcmaehl almost 3 years ago

THIS BUILD IS OUT OF DATE. CHECK HERE FOR THE LATEST

0.3.0.0 comes with the following changes:

  • Added Basic Debug Logging
  • Added "Hide Icon" menu option
  • Fixed Widgets still opening in Edge
  • Fixed Updater to load the correct page
  • Added Edge Beta, Dev, and Canary Support
  • Added lots of not yet implemented future code
  • Greatly Improved Application Resource Usage (~66% less!)
  • Added /h or /hide parameter to hide the icon on launch (Launch the app again to have to reappear)

Disclaimer

PLEASE NOTE: MSEdgeRedirect is still BETA. Changes are to be expected, and performance to be improved. Dev builds now have similar performance to EdgeDeflector when using Active Mode.

How to use:

  1. Launch the app
  2. (optional) Adjust settings by Left Clicking the notification icon
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  3. Relax, Anything that Windows opens in Edge should be redirected.

Known issues with this build:

  • Search Results Duplicate if Edge is already open - #8, Will be fixed in ACTIVE MODE
  • Command Line Debugging accidentally left in - No issue, fixed 4fdfb7fdefc838225385378c50aa6aa07b627993

System Requirements

  Minimum Requirements Recommended
OS Windows 8.1 Latest Windows 11 Build
CPU 32-bit Single Core 64-bit Dual Core or Higher
RAM (Memory) 40MB Free 100MB Free
Disk (Storage) 5MB Free 100MB Free
MSEdgeRedirect - 0.2.0.0 - Windows 11 22494 Ready!

Published by rcmaehl almost 3 years ago

THIS BUILD IS OUT OF DATE. CHECK HERE FOR THE LATEST

0.2.0.0 comes with the following changes:

  • Removed Default Tray Menu
  • Add fix for Windows 11 Dev Build 22494
  • Add "Start with Windows", "Check for Updates", and "Donate" tray menu options

Disclaimer

PLEASE NOTE: MSEdgeRedirect is still BETA. Performance is still being improved. I have an upcoming improvement in a future build that will operate similarly to previous solutions, however, it will require both Edge and either Edge Beta, Dev, or Canary.

How to use:

  1. Launch the app
  2. (optional) Adjust settings by Left Clicking the notification icon
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  3. Relax, Anything that Windows opens in Edge should be redirected.

Known issues with this build:

  • Edge Beta, Dev, Canary support missing - #3, fixed aff41872fbcecb2b05396b31dec8c5128e364cd9
  • Updater opens wrong github project - No issue, fixed 6d3f7e372483d8f253a6d5290a7b2808f8fb5808
  • Search Results Duplicate if Edge is already open - #8, Will be fixed in ACTIVE MODE
  • Some Widgets still opening in Edge - #12, likely fixed e64527f6d1420cfc16fe49e997824fce66f7ba88

System Requirements

  Minimum Requirements Recommended
OS Windows 8.1 Latest Windows 11 Build
CPU 32-bit Single Core 64-bit Dual Core or Higher
RAM (Memory) 40MB Free 100MB Free
Disk (Storage) 5MB Free 100MB Free
MSEdgeRedirect - 0.1.0.0

Published by rcmaehl over 3 years ago

0.1.0.0 comes with the following features:

  • Redirects Already Open MS Edge Windows on Launch
  • Redirects Task Bar News Items to Your Default Browser
  • Redirects Start Menu Searches to Your Default Browser
  • Verifies Program Version Matches OS Architecture Version
  • Redirects Task Bar Weather Results to Your Default Browser
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