
This creates the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate and the DWORD DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium with the value of 1. It's easiest to keep legacy Edge available before the new Edge gets automatically installed, by running the Chromium Edge Blocker Toolkit (at an admin command prompt). SEE: Windows 10 Start menu hacks (TechRepublic Premium) Windows 11: Everything you need to know (ZDNet YouTube)īut if you're a developer or IT admin supporting users on older versions of Windows 10, you might still need access to the 'legacy' version of Edge (or you might prefer the thumbnail tab previews to having dozens of tabs show up in Alt-Tab when you need to find one browser tab out of the dozens you have open).The ultimate Windows 10 information hub: Everything you need in one place.Seven Windows 10 annoyances (and how to fix them).

Windows 10 privacy guide: How to take control.Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade.Windows 11: Microsoft deletes these Windows 10 features and apps.What Windows 11 means: We'll be stuck with millions of Windows 10 zombies.That's a fairly seamless experience, copying across your favourites and passwords, and even reopening any tabs you had open in Edge before you restarted your PC (upgrading to 20H2 doesn't reopen tabs from legacy Edge, probably because the old browser isn't there to get a list of tabs from). Versions 1803 and later of Windows 10 get automatically updated to the new Edge through Windows Update (unless you use Windows Update for Business). (That also means none of the tips for getting legacy Edge back work in recent Insider builds of Windows because they're 20H2 builds without legacy Edge in.) That's because legacy Edge will no longer be supported after March 2021: so enterprises that aren't ready to migrate to the new Edge will have to postpone updating to the upcoming version of Windows until they can adopt the new browser at the same time. Installing the 20H2 version of Windows 10 will switch your default browser to the new Edge automatically, because the 'legacy' version of Edge isn't included in 20H2. The new Chromium-based Edge browser is excellent in many ways and – despite some occasional issues – it's as ready as Chrome is to be your default browser.
