Can't Set Chrome As Default Browser in Windows 10

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Can't Set Chrome As Default Browser in Windows 10

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Want to get the latest scoop on a Win10/Default Browser problem that's been discussed before. Google Chrome is (was?) my default browser. Recently alerted to Office Updates (have Office 365). Update not successful, so I let it go. Then when I clicked on Chrome on the desktop -- NOTHING, ZILCH. Yet Microsoft Edge loads fine. Settings/DefaultApps/WebBrowser showed Edge, clicked on it, selected Chrome from the icon list - fine - but when I clicked on the desktop icon - again, NOTHING. What's going on.....?

Uninstalled/Reinstalled Chrome and the desktop icon now says "new_chrome" (an updated version?). Works fine, includes all the Favorites, like before. But when I go into Settings/DefaultApps/WebBrowser and click on Edge to show the default browser choices, Chrome is NOT listed. It's also not listed in the general "Apps and Features". In addition, every web site desktop icon (e.g., Amazon) is now shown as an Edge icon and opens only within the Edge browser. And when I open Chrome from the desktop, it asks to make it default. I click to do so, the Apps list appears, but Chrome, again, is NOT shown in the DefaultApps/WebBrowser list.

I think the Office Update I tried to do screwed things up. So.... how do I make Chrome the "complete" default browser?.... which, I guess, is another way of asking: how do I get Chrome into the DefaultApps/WebBrowser list? HELP.... anyone?

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Answer 1

Press Windows key + X

Click Windows PowerShell (Admin)

At the prompt, type the following command or copy and paste it then hit Enter. Exit then restart.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Check if you can now set Chrome as your default browser:

On your computer, click the Start menu Start menu.

Click Settings Settings.

Open your default apps:

   Click Apps and then Default apps.

At the bottom, under "Web browser," click your current browser (typically Microsoft Edge).

In the "Choose an app" window, click Google Chrome.

To easily open Chrome later, add a shortcut to your taskbar:

On your computer, open Chrome.

In the Windows taskbar at the bottom, right-click on Chrome.

Click Pin to taskbar.

Answer 2

Anonymous

Hello I am a fellow community member here to. I would first reset all default apps then try to make chrome the default browser

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-defau...

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