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localroger

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8. They will probably make it an "essential part of Windows"

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Sat Aug 8, 2020, 08:16 AM

Aug 2020

As in the days of IE, when they wrapped unrelated bits of Windows functionality into IE so that the whole operating system was broken if you somehow removed it. Still, that doesn't mean you actually have to use it to browse the web.

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Everyone's least favorite web browser will soon be impossible to uninstall [View all] sl8 Aug 2020 OP

I miss the early freewheelin days of the web c. 1996 Blues Heron Aug 2020 #1

Start: PC Settings canetoad Aug 2020 #2

👍 mdelaguna Aug 2020 #3

Exactly. You may not be able to easily physically remove it from the computer, but you sure don't still_one Aug 2020 #4

Soon is now. ariadne0614 Aug 2020 #5

I'll uninstall it - I'll wipe the hard drive and install Linux. woodsprite Aug 2020 #6

Unless you run Linux on the machine! jimlup Aug 2020 #7

They will probably make it an "essential part of Windows" localroger Aug 2020 #8

When I worked in a government agency's library we banned IE from use on our public access systems. SeattleVet Aug 2020 #10

I avoid anything microsoft with running Mint Linux for years beachbumbob Aug 2020 #9

Just got my Windows update this morning, a big one. I still won't use Edge. Midnight Writer Aug 2020 #11

How to remove the new Microsoft Edge if uninstallation is blocked douglas9 Aug 2020 #12

Edge Chromium is actually a good browser. ManiacJoe Aug 2020 #13