Double "Open With" Entry from PWA Installation on Microsoft Edge.

Question

Hi I tried installing a PWA app from the guide using Microsoft Edge (Version 126.0.2592.102 (Official build) (64-bit)) :
https://learn.microsoft.com/tr-tr/microsoft-edge/progressive-web-apps-chromium/how-to/handle-files
The app page: https://captainbrosset.github.io/mytracks/

However I notice that when i tried opening the file via the "Open With" option, there are dual entries of the PWA related with the file.

The First entry works as per intended

However the second entry just opens the pwa app without loading the file in

Going through the javascript code, The second pwa option's "LaunchQueue" object does not seem to return any file name which causes the app to open without loading any file.

Hence wish to check how can I remove the second option of the PWA from the "Open With" Selection.

Answer 1

Hi @Teng,

Per my investigation, it looks like an issue specific to Microsoft Edge, as Chrome only has 1 entry for PWA. I suggest sending feedback to report this issue to Dev Team by pressing Alt+Shift+I in Microsoft Edge.

So far, we can't remove the second entry. The workaround is to not use the "Open with" option, but use the default handler. By default, it won't cause the issue of not loading the file.

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