Flight Log / microsoft/PowerToys #40035
Fix default browser detection for Windows 11 24H2 by checking UserChoiceLatest registry key — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/PowerToys on Jun 13, 2025; merged clean in 4.9 d, merged by @crutkas: +10 −4, 3 files, 3 reviews.
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GitHub Copilot fixes PowerToys Web Search and PowerToys Run, which always opened Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 24H2 instead of the user's default browser. The change checks the UserChoiceLatest registry key. It touches three files, with ten additions and four deletions across two commits. It merged clean after 117.68 hours, with zero change requests.
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## Summary This PR fixes an issue where PowerToys Web Search and PowerToys Run would always open Microsoft Edge instead of the user's default browser on Windows 11 24H2, even when a different browser like Firefox was set as the default. ## Root Cause Windows 11 24H2 introduced a change where defa…
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