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New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser automagically (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Long story short: That pop-up you get when you open Firefox (or whatever other browser) for the first time asking you if you want to make it your default browser won't work anymore. They're forcing you to go through their convoluted control panel where you have to change it like 20 times for each file extension.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I swear to god if it wasn't for some very specific software programs that I NEED to use that simply isn't available for Linux (nor Wine) I would have gone 100% Linux many years ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I've been using a streamed pc service for windows things and it is nice. It isn't the cheapest thing ever and it eats data at incredible rates, but if you have uncapped internet and a cost-permitting reason to need windows it works, at least in my experience

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