A Simple, Open-Source Edge Redirector
Biting down on it's control of the PC market, unopposed by the laxing hammer of the law that once restricted this kind of behavior, Microsoft has continued to double down on its goals for internet browsing, search and data collection dominance.
We should not be relegated to using the tools forced upon us, especially when we don't know the true extent of their privacy, data collection and censorship.
? Break yourself free from Microsoft's default browser Edge! Bundled in a one-step installer, Wedge automatically configures your system to use your default browser for things that would typically open in Microsoft Edge!
A spiritual successor to da2x's EdgeDeflector, Wedge intends on fixing issues my users were having installing the former. Originally Wedge was only a simple installer script for the EdgeDeflector binary, but now it is a fully-fledged windows installer that bundles its own small standalone binary and uninstaller all built in memory-safe dependency-less rust.
Wedge just directs links towards whatever browser you set as default. Microsoft uses their search engine for most of these links. Luckily for you, I've made browser extensions to help redirect Bing to whatever search engine you desire!
Since April 28 2016, Cortana opens searches only in Microsoft Edge to discourage users from using another search engine than Bing. Wedge puts you back in control of your default browser setting. The Wedge binary acts as a proxy between your operating system and Edge, translating the proprietary microsft-edge:
protocol into regular internet links any browser can understand. Depending on what you set your default browser to be, the link might open in Google Chrome, Firefox or Brave; you name it!
Uninstalling Wedge will fully restore system defaults changed during install.
Wedge is written in rust so you'll need to install rust on your system. Wedge compiles on rust 1.39.0 (here's why).
Run setup.bat
to prepare your environment for building this project.
Build and run a debug build with run.bat
Build a release version with release.bat
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Please see the LICENSE for an up to date copy of the copyright and license for the entire project. Don't use my logos in your project without asking me first. If you make a derivative project off of mine please let me know! I'd love to see what people make with my work!