![]() What is going on in Redmond? It’s like the plot has been lost once again. Now we have to actually open Microsoft Edge in order to change settings instead of using the registry? It was ‘the way to go’ in order to ‘standardise’. Years ago Microsoft exhorted engineers to forego storing app settings in INI files and, instead, use the registry. See the Softpedia instructions at How to Remove Your Microsoft Edge Data Stored in the Cloud as well as the MS Edge support articles Sign In to Sync Microsoft Edge Across Devices and Reset Microsoft Edge Data in the Cloud. I would also check your MS Edge Profile settings ( More | Settings | Profiles | Sync or enter edge://settings/profiles in the address bar and choose Sync) to see if Edge is configured to sync data across devices (i.e., to see if you have a roaming profile stored on the Microsoft servers so your MS Edge settings are identical regardless of which device you sign in to from Edge). For further info see my 0 post # 2513543 in Deo’s Intel Driver & Support Assistant – Not Working After June Updates?, and kudos to Deo for alerting me about this sync setting. If your Windows settings at Settings | Account | Sync Your Settings | Sync Settings is turned ON then the MS support article About Windows Backup and Sync Settings has instructions on how to clear the stored data in your online Microsoft Account after syncing is turned OFF. I don’t know if you sign in to Windows with a local or Microsoft account, but I recently discovered that my Win 10 OS was configured by default to create a roaming profile that could be used to sync my language preferences and other Windows settings between computers, even though I don’t log in to different Windows devices. Update to 1.70 and it didn’t create a Desktop icon but it did still create a shortcut in my %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu folder which I had to deleted just like before. It contains a Registry file that makes the change on the system when executed: edge-block-desktop-shortcuts. You may also download the following archive. Right-click on EdgeUpdate and select New > Dword (32-bit) Value.ĭouble-click on the new Dword and set it to 0, if that is not the case already. Note: if a key does not exist, right-click on the previous one and select New > Key. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate Select Start, type regedit.exe and load the Windows Registry Editor. ![]() There is a global edit that applies to all Edge channels and edits for each individual version of the web browser. The workaround requires edits of the Registry. Considering that Microsoft released six Edge Stable versions in the past 10 days, it is clear that the issue can be frustrating for affected users… It is unclear if this is a bug or intentional Microsoft has not commented on that.Īll Edge channels on Windows appear to be affected by the issue. Microsoft Edge seems to create desktop shortcuts after every browser update at the moment. How to block Microsoft Edge from creating desktop shortcuts ![]()
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