[SOLVED] Edge update no longer sets default app

guigeek · April 4, 2024 - 8:52 AM

Good morning,
I updated Edge to 123.0.2420.65-36 via the package available on the store.
Usually everything runs smoothly without any problems.
This morning, on some Windows 11 machines, I'm getting the following error when clicking on an https or http shortcut:

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Edge works normally if you launch it, it's just the links.
Unable to change the default application for http/https URLs.
Any idea if this could be caused by the wapt package?
Thank you for your feedback
Good day

guigeek · April 4, 2024 - 9:28 AM

I fixed it by creating a wapt package that imports the missing elements into HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
If anyone else has the same problem, I'd be curious to know, in order to understand where the problem might have come from.
Thanks.

April 4, 2024 - 3:12 PM

Hi Guillaume,

the package isn't doing anything regarding URI extension associations... It must be the Edge MSI that's doing something strange...

Was the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html key deleted, or was the data incorrect?

Regards,

Denis

guigeek · April 4, 2024 - 3:31 PM

Hi!
The HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html key was intact; it was the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http key and the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https key that had both disappeared.

April 5, 2024 - 3:53 PM

Hi Guillaume,

thanks for your feedback. It's quite strange that the Edge installer behaved this way...

If we get any more reports like this, we'll check the setup.py file for those keys in case they've disappeared.

I'm marking the topic as RESOLVED for now.

Thanks, best regards,

Denis