Windows – disable new Microsoft Edge

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I want to disable the new Microsoft Edge running on an HP laptop equipped with Windows 10. Various instructions say select the Microsoft Edge folder, right click the mouse, and then rename the folder. However, the "rename" option does not appear after right-clicking.

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Taking ownership of Windows sensitive folders is a bad idea that can backfire in the future. Instead, try the following.

To disable Microsoft Edge from running at the background:

Open the Settings app
Select Privacy, then Background apps
On the "Background apps" page find "Microsoft Edge" and click it to Off.

To totally remove Microsoft Edge

This method has unknown side-effects on Windows and it is unknown for how long it will be effective.

The tool to use is Technet's PowerShel script Windows 10 Store Apps Uninstaller.

This script lets remove some of the built-in apps that Windows otherwise won’t let you remove. It will only remove the Windows app for the user account currently logged on.

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Hide the “Note” and “Share” buttons in Microsoft Edge

No, there is no way to hide those buttons currently. The best way to request it is via the Windows Feedback app and/or the Microsoft Edge forum on the Windows UserVoice.

The same applies to finding the URL of an image, though in the meantime you could use "Inspect Element" to get the URL out of the dev tools.

Windows 10 – Custom URL Shortcuts on Desktop with Edge

Okay, I finally figured out how to make a desktop shortcut that will open a specific website in Microsoft Edge, even if Edge is not your default browser. My first solution previously posted here (under my real name Michael Kearney) only works the very first time you use it, then just doesn't work after that. Weird!

Note: If you already have shortcuts on your desktop created from another browser, skip to #4 below to modify those shortcuts. Also, if no shortcuts exist, it still might be easier to create the shortcut using a browser that allows you to drag your bookmarks (favorites) directly from the browser to a shortcut on the desktop, and then skipping to #4 below.

In Microsoft Edge, add to the Favorites list the web page for which you want a shortcut. (To do this, click the star icon in the address bar once you're on the page you want.)

Open File Explorer and navigate to the following location:

%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe \AC\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\Favorites

Find your shortcut within the favorites folder, then right click it, then click "Send to" and then "Send to desktop (create shortcut)".
(Only needed if Edge is not the default web browser) On the desktop, right click the newly created shortcut, then click properties. In the URL field, type microsoft-edge: just before the web address. For example: microsoft-edge:http://www.google.com
(Optional) Right click the desktop shortcut, click Rename, and give it whatever name you want.
(Optional) Right click the desktop shortcut, click properties, then click Change Icon. Browse to a folder you've previously created in C:/windows/system32 that contains custom icons (.ico files) that you've downloaded from various icon collection websites for free. You can also use already embedded icons, but those aren't any fun!

Hope this helps someone!

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