自从他们创建Edge以来，微软(Microsoft)一直试图说服人们使用它。该公司使用了它可以想到的所有技巧，以使我们摇摆不定地转向Microsoft Edge。当用户尝试更改其默认 Web 浏览器时，它尝试在Windows 10(Windows 10)中向用户发送消息，但他们从未像在Windows 11中那样设置另一个默认浏览器变得如此不友好。在这个操作系统中，您不再可以简单地点击一个设置来立即更改您的默认浏览器。相反，您需要通过文件类型或链接类型更改默认应用程序来设置默认浏览器。不幸的是，即使你这样做了，Windows 11仍然使用Microsoft Edge从小部件(Widgets)或搜索打开链接。但是，即使Microsoft不希望您更改默认浏览器，也有一些方法可以更改Windows 11中的默认浏览器，在本文中，我们将向您展示它们：(Windows 11)
如何将Windows 11中的默认浏览器更改为Chrome（或任何其他网络浏览器）
要在Windows 11(Windows 11)中设置默认网络浏览器，首先，您需要打开“设置”(Settings)应用(open the Settings app)，而快速的方法是同时按键盘上的Windows + I 然后，在设置(Settings)中，选择左侧边栏中的应用程序，然后单击或点击窗口(Apps)右侧窗格中的默认应用程序。(Default apps)
在Windows 11(Windows 11)的设置中打开默认(Default)应用
这会从“设置”(Settings)应用打开“默认应用(Default apps)”页面。在这里，您必须找到要设置为默认的网络浏览器。为此，请查找“为应用程序设置默认值”(“Set defaults for applications”)部分，然后在其搜索字段中输入该 Web 浏览器的名称。例如，如果您想将Google Chrome设置为您的默认 Windows 11 浏览器，请输入chrome。然后，单击或点击相应的搜索结果。
搜索网络浏览器以设置为默认值
或者，您也可以滚动浏览应用程序列表，直到找到Google Chrome或您想要设置为默认的任何其他网络浏览器。然后，当您看到它时，单击或点击它。
滚动浏览应用列表以找到Google Chrome
无论哪种方式，您现在都应该看到一个文件类型和链接类型列表，您可以将其设置为默认打开 Web 浏览器。对于每种文件类型或链接类型，您还可以查看当前设置为默认的应用程序。向下滚动(Scroll)列表以找到HTTP或HTTPS条目，正如您在下一个屏幕截图中看到的那样，默认设置为使用Microsoft Edge打开。
浏览器设置(Settings)页面中的HTTP和HTTPS条目
要更改默认的 Windows 11 Web 浏览器，请单击或点击HTTP或HTTPS条目：任何一个都可以。
在浏览器的设置(Settings)页面上打开HTTP条目
这使得 Windows 11 向您显示一个对话框，询问您“您想如何打开它？” (“How do you want to open this?”). 然后，它至少为您提供了几个选项供您选择，具体取决于您在计算机或设备上安装的网络浏览器的数量。
单击(Click)或点击要设置为默认浏览器的浏览器，然后按OK。例如，如果您想将默认浏览器更改为Chrome，请选择 Chrome 并按OK。
在Windows 11(Windows 11)中选择新的默认 Web 浏览器
接下来，Windows 11 将关闭该对话框，并从Settings将您带回到选定的浏览器页面。在这里，您可以看到进行了更改，并且新浏览器现在是默认浏览器。此外，无论您选择使用HTTP还是HTTPS都没关系：两者都是同时配置的。当您修改一个条目的设置时，另一个条目也会自动更改。
选择的网络浏览器设置为默认值
就是这样！现在您在Windows 11中有一个新的默认浏览器，因此从现在开始所有网站都应该在其中打开。但是，您可能还希望对其他文件类型和链接类型进行相同的更改(you might also want to make the same changes for other file types and link types)。只需按照相同的步骤将Chrome（或任何其他浏览器）设置为默认打开FTP连接、HTML文档等。
如何更改Windows 11用于搜索(Search)和小部件的默认浏览器
尽管您现在更改了 Windows 11 上的默认浏览器，但该操作系统是由Microsoft制作的，它不尊重您对其搜索功能或小部件(Widgets)窗口的更改。用更简单的话来说是什么意思？当您单击或点击来自Windows 11搜索(Search )框(Windows 11 Search box)或任何小部件的链接时，操作系统无论如何都会在(Widgets)Microsoft Edge中打开它们。
Windows 11 中的小部件
幸运的是，有一种方法可以规避这个问题，使用一个名为EdgeDeflector的免费工具，它可以将网络搜索重定向到您的默认网络浏览器，即使Windows 11想要在Microsoft Edge中打开它们。这是如何做到的：
使用(Use)您想要访问此GitHub页面的任何浏览器：EdgeDeflector。在其上，转到最新版本(Latest release )部分，然后单击或点击EdgeDeflector_install.exe链接。
从GitHub(GitHub)下载 EdgeDeflector
这会触发下载名为EdgeDeflector_Install.exe的小型可执行文件。将其保存在 Windows 11 PC 上的任意位置。然后，双击或双击EdgeDeflector_Install.exe文件以启动它。按照安装向导的步骤，并允许它安装在您的 Windows 11 PC 上。
在Windows 11 PC上安装EdgeDeflector
安装EdgeDeflector后，打开设置(Settings)应用程序(Windows + I)并转到我们在本教程第一部分中访问的相同默认应用程序页面。(Default apps)在那里，搜索edgedeflector并单击或点击它。
在设置(Settings)的默认(Default)应用程序中搜索EdgeDeflector
在EdgeDeflector页面上，应该只有一个条目：Microsoft-Edge。单击或点击它。
从EdgeDeflector(EdgeDeflector)文件和链接类型关联中打开Microsoft Edge条目
接下来，Windows 11 显示“你想如何打开这个？” (“How do you want to open this?”)对话框。在其中，选择EdgeDeflector，然后单击或点击OK。
将 EdgeDeflector 设置为默认值
你完成了！您现在可以关闭“设置”(Settings)应用程序并尝试单击Windows 11小部件(Widgets)中的任何链接或任何 Windows 11搜索(Search )结果中的任何链接，它们将在您的默认网络浏览器中打开。
您(Did)是否更改了默认的 Windows 11 网络浏览器？
现在您知道如何更改Windows 11计算机或设备上的默认 Web 浏览器了。在您走之前，我们很想知道：您将哪个浏览器设置为默认浏览器，为什么？您更喜欢Chrome、Firefox、Opera还是其他浏览器？在下面的评论部分让我们知道。
How to change the default browser in Windows 11 -
Ever ѕince they created Edge, Microsoft has been trying to convince people to use it. The company pulled all the tricks it could think of to make us sway into switching to Microsoft Edge. It tried sending users messages in Windows 10 when they attempted to change their default web browser, but they never made it so unfriendly to set another default browser as they did in Windows 11. In this operating system, you can no longer simply click on a setting to instantly change your default browser. Instead, you need to set the default browser by changing the default app by file type or link type. Unfortunately, even if you do that, Microsoft Edge is still used by Windows 11 to open links from Widgets or searches. But there are ways to change the default browser in Windows 11 even if Microsoft doesn’t want you to, and in this article, we’re showing them to you:
How to change the default browser in Windows 11 to Chrome (or any other web browser)
To set the default web browser in Windows 11, first, you need to open the Settings app, and a quick way to do that is to press Windows + I on your keyboard simultaneously. Then, in Settings, select Apps on the left sidebar, and click or tap on Default apps in the window’s right pane.
Opening Default apps in Windows 11's Settings
This opens the Default apps page from the Settings app. Here, you’re going to have to find the web browser you want to set as default. To do that, look for the “Set defaults for applications” section and, in its search field, type the name of that web browser. For instance, if you want to set Google Chrome as your default Windows 11 browser, type chrome. Then, click or tap on the appropriate search result.
Searching for the web browser to set as default
Alternatively, you could also just scroll through the list of applications until you find Google Chrome or any other web browser you want to set as default. Then, when you see it, click or tap on it.
Scrolling through the app list to find Google Chrome
Either way, you should now see a list of file types and link types that you can set the web browser to open by default. For each file type or link type, you also get to see the app that’s currently set as default. Scroll down the list to locate the HTTP or HTTPS entry, which, as you can see in the next screenshot, are set by default to open with Microsoft Edge.
The HTTP and HTTPS entries from a browser's Settings page
To change the default Windows 11 web browser, click or tap on the HTTP or HTTPS entry: either one is OK.
Opening the HTTP entry on a browser's Settings page
That makes Windows 11 show you a dialog asking you “How do you want to open this?”. Then, it gives you at least a few options to choose from, depending on the number of web browsers you have installed on your computer or device.
Click or tap on the browser you want to set as default, and then press OK. For example, if you want to change the default browser to Chrome, select Chrome and press OK.
Selecting the new default web browser in Windows 11
Next, Windows 11 closes the dialog box and brings you back to the selected browser page from Settings. Here, you can see that the change was made, and the new browser is the default one now. Also, it doesn’t matter whether you chose to use HTTP or HTTPS: both are configured at the same time. When you modify the settings for one entry, the other changes too, automatically.
The chosen web browser is set as default
That’s it! Now you have a new default browser in Windows 11, so all websites should open in it from now on. However, you might also want to make the same changes for other file types and link types. Just follow the same procedure to set Chrome (or any other browser) as default for opening FTP connections, HTML documents, etc.
How to change the default browser used by Windows 11 for Search and Widgets
Although you’ve now changed the default browser on your Windows 11, the operating system is made by Microsoft in such a way that it doesn’t respect your changes for its search feature or the Widgets window. What does that mean in simpler words? When you click or tap on a link from the Windows 11 Search box or from any of the Widgets, the operating system opens them in Microsoft Edge no matter what.
The Widgets from Windows 11
Fortunately, there is a way to circumvent this issue, using a free tool called EdgeDeflector which can redirect web searches to your default web browser, even if Windows 11 wants to open them in Microsoft Edge. Here’s how to do it:
Use any browser you want to visit this GitHub page: EdgeDeflector. On it, go to the Latest release section and click or tap on the EdgeDeflector_install.exe link.
Downloading EdgeDeflector from GitHub
This triggers the download of a small executable file called EdgeDeflector_Install.exe. Save it anywhere you want on your Windows 11 PC. Then, double-click or double-tap on the EdgeDeflector_Install.exe file to launch it. Follow the steps of the installation wizard and allow it to install on your Windows 11 PC.
Installing EdgeDeflector on a Windows 11 PC
After you’ve installed EdgeDeflector, open the Settings app (Windows + I) and head to the same Default apps page we’ve gone to in the first section of this tutorial. There, search for edgedeflector and click or tap on it.
Searching for EdgeDeflector in the Settings' Default apps
On the EdgeDeflector page, there should be only one entry: Microsoft-Edge. Click or tap on it.
Opening the Microsoft Edge entry from EdgeDeflector file and link type associations
Next, Windows 11 shows the “How do you want to open this?” dialog box. In it, select EdgeDeflector, and then click or tap on OK.
Setting EdgeDeflector as default
And you’re done! You can now close the Settings app and try clicking on any link from Windows 11’s Widgets or any link from any Windows 11 Search result, and they will open in your default web browser.
Did you change your default Windows 11 web browser?
Now you know how to change the default web browser on a Windows 11 computer or device. Before you go, we are curious to find out: what browser did you set as default, and why? Do you prefer Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or another browser? Let us know in the comments section below.
