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While this might be crappy of them, I'm welcoming of MS making Edge easy to install on my system. I haven't installed Windows in a while, but I'm guessing Edge
by gexla 6y ago
While this might be crappy of them, I'm welcoming of MS making Edge easy to install on my system. I haven't installed Windows in a while, but I'm guessing Edge ships with the OS. I recall being in a situation where I had to use IE to download a workable browser and it was a nightmare. Not sure what situation would have required that. Maybe it was an early install of Win 10.
- AntiImperialist 6y agoNo, Edge doesn't ship with Windows 10. You are given an option to switch at a later point. Same for Windows Server 2019. When you launch IE, Bing will immediately start recommending Edge however.
- fomine3 6y agoOld Edge is shipped with Windows 10 unless you're using LTSC.
- Sunspark 6y agoIt was removed in 20H2, now the only Edge an end-user is allowed to use is Chromium Edge.
- gexla 6y agoOkay, that must have been the situation then. New install with only IE available. IE was barely usable then, I imagine it could be worse now. The only way I could see a typical user getting to a usable browser would be to copy browser install (or portable) files from another location.
- viraptor 6y agoThat's the part in finding really weird. Why would you try to force people to change the browser this way if you're not willing to install it by default? (Or the other way around) Seems like some serious corp miscommunication.
- AntiImperialist 6y agoIt's just different priorities. When they launched Windows 10, they didn't have Edge. Now, a lot of users are familiar with IE 11. They're most concerned with their corporate customers. Earlier this year, they have announced that they will only support IE 11 until next year, giving time to their corporate customers an year to make the transition.
- dschuetz 6y agoWhat do you mean easy to install?
- gexla 6y agoGive me a clear path to downloading Edge if there's no other usable option.