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If they found a way around it, Microsoft would patch it out, certainly. But I doubt it.
by Fej 9y ago
If they found a way around it, Microsoft would patch it out, certainly. But I doubt it.
- JohnTHaller 9y agoChrome was the first app I saw that found the technical way around to force taskbar pinning. Microsoft, sadly, didn't patch that out.
- ccoggins 9y agoI think they must have recently fixed this, in Win 10 Pro at least. I installed Win 10 Pro yesterday, then Chrome and it did not automatically pin itself. Actually, if I remember correctly it even had a message at one point during the install describing how to pin it.
- pxeboot 9y agoIt is fairly easy to disable this functionality. I have seen at least one app do this already. https://www.google.com/amp/www.winhelponline.com/blog/edge-hijack-pdf-htm-associations/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/www.winhelponline.com/blog/edge-h...
- ViViDboarder 9y agoIronic that this comment highlights another annoying Google thing. Looks like a link to Google.com but it's an amp page.
- dfc 9y agoWhy is it ironic that a company that does one thing that annoys you also does another thing that annoys you?