I've encountered an annoying issue where any links in Microsoft Office 2010 applications (Word, Excel, Outlook) installed on Windows 10 always open links in Microsoft Edge. This is despite having set Firefox or Chrome (I tested both) as the default browser.
HTML files and links from other applications open in the default browser as expected. MS Office just says nope and forces links to open in Edge.
How can I get them to use my selected default browser?
Best Answer
I thought to have the same issue. However, after having a closer look, it turned out, that Office (V2016 in my case) opened
Solution was as follows:
It's impertinent that on rolling out major updates Microsoft changes user's defaults.