Home windows 11 customers know the way arduous the working system is tied to Microsoft Edge. Options like information, search, widgets, climate, and different components are linked to the Edge browser, even in case you have Chrome, Vivaldi, Firefox, or every other browser set because the default. Whereas Microsoft will not let customers change that, third-party apps, as traditional, save the day. One such app, MSEdgeRedirect, is again from its lengthy sleep with a recent replace.

After over a yr with out updates, the maker of MSEdgeRedirect launched model 0.8.0.0 with a bunch of fixes for PDF and information dealing with, Home windows Highlight, UWP apps, and extra. Additionally, model 0.8.0.0 ditches Home windows 8.1 assist.

Right here is the changelog:

• Fixes Installer Typos (thanks @ThisAMJ)
• Fixes PDF File Dealing with
• Improves Information Handler
• Fixes Home windows Highlight (thanks @floatchallenged)
• Removes Home windows 8.1 Help
• Removes Lemmy Search choice (RIP)
• Provides AI-Much less Google Outcomes choice
• Provides Passthrough for –user-data-dir
• Provides Help for –from-ie-to-edge calls (Nirsoft apps)
• Provides Passthrough for –win-session-start
• Provides Help for bing.com/WS/redirect URLs
• Improves Default Browser Recursion Error message
• Fixes some UWP apps now not working in Service Mode
• Fixes Fast Settings being inaccessible in Home windows 11 24H2
• Updates Donation Hyperlink. Donators will now not obtain “merchandise has been shipped” emails
• Removes makes an attempt to open did not decode Microsoft Groups URLs
• Added Detections and Disabling for UCPD which can forestall Europe Mode from working

MSEdgeRedirect is now out there for obtain from its GitHub repository. You too can get it through Winget, Chocolatey, and Scoop. The app works on Home windows 10 and 11, and it takes roughly 100 MB of area in your drive. Remember that the app remains to be in Beta (and it isn’t useless, because the developer says), so anticipate adjustments and enhancements in future releases, together with a greater person interface.