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Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by pipeline_peak » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:45 PM UTC

weberer wrote: post #26

labrador wrote: post #24

When I'm using something free of charge I don't mind small annoyances like this.

Linux is also free and doesn't have this problem.

“ Linux is only free if your time has no value”

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by leeoniya » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:46 PM UTC

liberia wrote: post #25

Here's a guide on how to prevent this from happening: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/21/how-to-block-microsoft-edg... > The workaround requires edits of the Registry. There is a global edit that applies to all Edge channels and edits for each individual version of the web browser.

> The workaround

is to uninstall Windows

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by Apreche » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:46 PM UTC

Just drag it to the trash and move on with life. It takes two seconds.

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by greenbit » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:46 PM UTC

What if you delete it, and then make your own shortcut to something else and give it the exact same name Edge was using?

Would it delete your shortcut, to make way for its own? Or would it see your shortcut and mistake it for its own?

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by badsectoracula » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:51 PM UTC

pipeline_peak wrote: post #31

weberer wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux is also free and doesn't have this problem.

“ Linux is only free if your time has no value”

Meanwhile with Windows not only you pay for the OS but also with your time to make it approximate a decent environment (with increasingly less options ever new version).

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by account-5 » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:54 PM UTC

pipeline_peak wrote: post #31

weberer wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux is also free and doesn't have this problem.

“ Linux is only free if your time has no value”

Only when you start to learn to use it, just like when you start to learn to use Windows.

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by dosprompts » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:55 PM UTC

Just open up a command line, change directory to your Desktop, and type:

    attrib +h "Microsoft Edge.lnk"

Then you never have to see it again.

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by Mikeb85 » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:56 PM UTC

MS being MS. Lots on this site said it's a new MS, no more of the old shenanigans and yet here we are...

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by gruez » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:57 PM UTC

polyamid23 wrote: post #23

I wonder what happens in case the desktop is full of other icons or even better: folders with important stuff). Get's one removed randomly to be replaced by Edge?

You realize that on windows at least, that the "desktop" is just a folder, and what you see as the desktop is just a rendering of that? In other words, there's no concept of limited amount of slots like you suggest, so if your desktop was entirely "full" and another item gets added, existing items don't get evicted.

Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop

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Post by Drawde » Sun, Jan 22, 2023, 4:57 PM UTC

pipeline_peak wrote: post #31

weberer wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux is also free and doesn't have this problem.

“ Linux is only free if your time has no value”

That line seems to often be said in threads where people are fighting against Microsoft's latest barrage of dark patterns. For some reason the time spent on dealing with that is never compared fairly: "Windows is only usable if your time has no value".