Setting Edge as Default Browser through GPO Not Working

rtor04 1 Reputation point
2021-01-14T17:40:02.58+00:00

Hi All,

I am trying to set the default browser to Edge (Chromium, latest stable build) for all computers in my company's domain via a GPO. We are fully a Windows 10 shop, and I have followed Microsoft's instructions on how to do this for Windows 10, but the default browser is not being changed to Edge. The default app association XML file is saved in a network share that is accessible to all domain users and is coded as follows:

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

<DefaultAssociations>

<Association ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" Identifier=".html"/>

<Association ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" Identifier=".htm"/>

<Association ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" Identifier="http"/>

<Association ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" Identifier="https"/>

</DefaultAssociations>

Running gpresult /h shows that the GPO is "Applied", so it doesn't seem like it's being denied or failing. It's just not changing the default app association as expected.

Any advice/thoughts? Thanks in advance.

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  1. Yu Zhou-MSFT 13,586 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-01-15T07:08:08.573+00:00

    Hi @rtor04

    Are you following this guide to set Edge as default browser? I have checked this guide and it can work well.

    Please run gpupdate /force after setting the group policy and restart the computer/relogin the user account to make the group policy work. As the guide note says:

    If this setting is enabled and the user's device is domain-joined, the associations configuration file is processed the next time the user signs on.

    I have tested that if only setting the policy without restarting the computer/relogining the user account, the group policy won't take effect.


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