{"id":61933,"date":"2023-03-18T22:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T21:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmileco.com\/microsoft-is-making-it-easier-to-set-default-apps-in-windows-11\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T22:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T21:25:48","slug":"microsoft-is-making-it-easier-to-set-default-apps-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmileco.com\/microsoft-is-making-it-easier-to-set-default-apps-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is making it easier to set default apps in Windows 11","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since its release in 2021, one of the most consistent criticisms of has been Microsoft\u2019s . Compared to Windows 10, the newer OS makes it more complicated for users to move away from the company\u2019s first-party offerings. For example, if you don\u2019t want Edge to open every time you click on a webpage or PDF, you\u2019re forced to launch Windows 11\u2019s Settings menu and change the default app by file and link type. It\u2019s an unnecessarily long process that makes customizing Windows 11 convoluted.<\/p>\n
Microsoft is finally addressing some of those criticisms. In a <\/a> Friday (via <\/em><\/a>), the company said it was \u201creaffirming our long-standing approach to put people in control of their Windows PC experience.\u201d Microsoft announced a feature it said would ensure Windows 11 users are in control of changes to their app defaults. Later this year, the company will introduce a new deep link uniform resource identifier (URI) that will allow developers to send users to the correct section of the Settings menu when they want to change how Windows 11 responds to specific links and file types.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n