Epic Launcher: Use Default Browser for Web Links

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For me, the issue has been solved by settings the value of ProgId in following key to what you would like to set.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http(s)\UserChoice

*you can see correct value by looking at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http(s)\UserChoiceLatest\ProgIdkey’s value, as long as you set your favorite browser as default on Windows

My PC Environments

  • Windows 11 Pro
    • Version: 24H2
    • OS Build: 26100.5074\
  • Browser
    • Vivaldi
      • 7.5.3735.66 (Stable channel) (64-bit)

Hope this helps.

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This is the fix that worked for me. Sothanks for that!

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Thanks, this is the fix that works

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Thank you. This one solved it for me.

I made the mistake of also changing the hash, so after it restarted it reset the default browser to Edge, but then accepted the default browser change via Windows Settings (which it wasn’t doing before).

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Works, thank you!

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Just came across this and opened a PR to look in the new user choice location first:

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/pull/14405

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Same, literally did this and then uninstalled Epic launcher. It seems petty, but it’s the simplest thing to fix

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Hey Guys!! I found A solution for he Microsoft Egde, Jusy goto C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Microsft and delete the Edge folder, you may need administrator permission or have to take onership of the folder.

i worked for me.