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"This site is trying to open...." please make this STOP!

Anonymous
2020-01-18T19:55:21+00:00

I have tried literally, everything I've been able to find on the web about this. When clicking on a file that wants to open another program on the computer, the message, "This site is trying to open [APP ON COMPUTER]" and "[WEBSITE] is trying to open the application", with an Open button and a Cancel button. There is no "Don't ask me again." check box. (See image)

I have tried editing the registry, verifying the default application for the file being downloaded, and whatever else I could find to try to correct it, but this message persists. This seems to be the same kind of message one would get when "switching apps." This was present in the Edge Beta version, and now in the final release, v 79.0.309.68 (official build) (64-bit). Please help! This is driving me crazy....

Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-29T02:54:13+00:00

    You can restore the functionality "Always Open" with a GPO or Registry entry:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]

    "ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox"=dword:00000001

    See the Microsoft documentation here:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#externalprotocoldialogshowalwaysopencheckbox

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-29T03:44:13+00:00

    Welcome my pleasure.  I understand the pain.

    I'm trying now to do this on the Mac. It's documented but not nearly so straight forward.

    Update/Edit:

    Got it working on Mac also.

    Create a file:

    com.microsoft.Edge.plist

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

    <plist version="1.0">

    <dict>

    <key>ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox</key>

    <string>YES</string>

    </dict>

    </plist>

    Put it in

    Library\Preferences

    Restart the Mac

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-31T13:02:29+00:00

    open notepad or the text editor of your choice...

    Paste the following:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]

    "ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox"=dword:00000001

    Save the file as edge-fix.reg

    Log on to the PC as an administrative user

    Double click the .reg file you created.

    Follow the prompts to import the file and merge it into the registry

    After you close the "successful" notification, reboot the PC

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-25T17:26:03+00:00

    Is there any fix to this in Edge 92 and beyond? The regedit does not work and there is not flag for this in the edge://flags/ page.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-02-01T19:23:12+00:00

    This fixed the problem (make sure you completely close all instances of Edge and restart) but I shouldn't have to hack the registry to get this functionality.

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