Remotely determine if Chromium Edge is the default browser

Jacen VonDielingen 1 Reputation point
2021-08-02T23:59:58.323+00:00

I used the following group policy to set Chromium Edge as the default browser:

Computer Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> Microsoft Edge
Set Microsoft Edge as default browser (Enabled)

For the most part this seems to be working. However, there have been some users that claim that Chromium Edge is not default. How can I take an inventory of the network to find what browser is the default on each computer? Can the registry be queried? Can we use a tool such as SCCM?

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  1. Castorix31 81,461 Reputation points
    2021-08-03T10:54:39.307+00:00

    You could use PowerShell

    I'm not in a network, so I just did a test with my PC (key for Windows 10, it was different on older OS) : 

    $Computer = "MY_PC_NAME"
$Reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('CurrentUser', $Computer)
$RegKey= $Reg.OpenSubKey("Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice")
$BrowserProgId = $RegKey.GetValue("ProgId")
Write-Output $BrowserProgId

    I get MSEdgeHTM

    You can use a loop with all servers, like in this thread

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  2. Garth 5,801 Reputation points
    2021-08-03T11:02:47.727+00:00

    Cm already inventory the the default browser, as long as ai classes are enabled. https://www.recastsoftware.com/resources/asset-intelligence-for-configmr/

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  3. HanyunZhu-MSFT 1,841 Reputation points
    2021-08-04T01:24:30.4+00:00

    Hi @Jacen VonDielingen ,

    We could find the devices that have default browser using SCCM CMPivot.

    Please refer to the following steps:

    1. navigate to Assets and Compliance > Overview > Device Collections > Right-click a device collection and select Start CMPivot.
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    2. Find the SMSDefaultBrowser. Right click it and click Insert.
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    3. Click Run Query, then we could check the result.
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    Hope the information can help you.

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