https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-reverses-windows-11s-annoying-default-browser-setting-changes/ > Microsoft has reversed a Windows 11 design change that made it highly annoying to change the default browser used by the operating system. > Previously, web browsers could configure themselves as the default browser by modifying the Windows Registry. However, after adware and other unwanted programs began hijacking default program settings without permission, Microsoft added restrictions in Windows 10 that required users to specifically choose their default programs.