Set Edge as Default Browser through GPO

[robgtaasc]

Hi All,


I am trying to set the default browser to Edge for all computers in my company's domain via a GPO. We are fully a Windows 10 shop, and I have followed Microsoft's instructions on how to do this for Windows 10, but the default browser is not being changed to Edge. The default app association XML file is saved in a network share that is accessible to all domain users and is coded as follows:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<DefaultAssociations>

<Association ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" Identifier=".html"/>

<Association ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" Identifier=".htm"/>

<Association ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" Identifier="http"/>

<Association ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" Identifier="https"/>

</DefaultAssociations>


Running gpresult /h shows that the GPO is "Applied", so it doesn't seem like it's being denied or failing. It's just not changing the default app association as expected.


Any advice/thoughts?


Thanks in advance.

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