VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

I'm not seeing v113 update offered for my updated 64-bit W10 Pro's Edge
v112. Or is it just me?

I loaded Edge, went to Help & Feedback, About Microsoft Edge, I was at
112, and the update process started automatically. After a restart of
Edge, I was at 113.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/microsoft-edge-update-settings-af8aaca2-1b69-4870-94fe-18822dbb7ef1

Under the 'Always stay up to date' section, it says there should be a
"Download and install updates automatically" option. I don't see it.

By the way, after the update to 113 of Edge, Microsoft decided to dump a search bar onto my desktop. I clicked the 3-button menu in the search
bar, and elected to close it. It went away. I don't know how to make
it come back should you want it again. There's no entry in the context
menu for the desktop showing a turn-on option.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/203446-enable-disable-microsoft-edge-desktop-search-bar-windows-10-a.html

That mentions the same procedure I used to get rid of the search bar. Apparently you have to do a registry edit to get it back.

I sure wish Microsoft would stop hiring high-school developers that
think gimmickry is cool. They're the same kids that think having images
for the desktop is cool. Well, for kids, more noise means more fun.

I loaded Edge-Chromium today in checking on a site's certificate after
having problems with the site in Firefox. Yep, then it undid the
disable, and the MS search bar was on my desktop again. Will have to
find a way to permanently kill the MS search bar regardless of Edge
trying to reinstate it.

The reinstated desktop search bar was obvious not only because it
reappeared, but MS pops up an info window announcing how great it is.
Disabling the "feature" is not sufficient as MS, in an update, or Edge
when ran can decide to re-enable the "feature".

Although I elected the option to hide this search bar, it didn't stick.
6 weeks later it reappeared, and I had to hide it again. I'll try the
registry hack to see if that permanently kills this "feature". Even
when I disable the Edge desktop search bar, that does not define the
following registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge] "WebWidgetAllowed"=dword:00000000

I'll have to watch if the Edge desktop search bar shows up again, and,
if so, check if MS deleted this registry entry, doesn't obey it, or
alters it to a 1 value (to enable the Allow).

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