I have a problem with my edge

[Morpheus]

I use the best in the world I have windows 10 pro (at least me and many others feel the same). My problem on my desktop and my laptop if that, that Mother loving edge garbage has taken over my google edge and now no mater what in the hell I do, I cannot GET RID OF THAT SUM B!!!!! Can one of you know it all PC dudes help me and make that idiot Edge die for all eternity!!!???

Thank you in advance to your instuctions!

Morph!

[Bizman]

I can feel your pain, a customer just wanted to get rid of his old Outlook e-mail because it was "overtaken by potatos" as he said. BUT: That address is the Microsoft account he uses for signing in to Windows and Edge automatically signs in with that...

To start with, why on Earth do you allow Mother to use your account? Does she open your mail as well? Creating another account for her with limited privileges would both allow for her to get all the Edge garbage she wants and still prevent her installing anything cross-account apps or programs including browser add-ons.

[Shuffler]

Click on Window>>Settings>>Apps>>Default Apps

Scroll down to to Web Browser. Click on whatever is under it and select what you want to be your default.

[mechanic]

Still on windows 7 here, so happy about it 

[Spikes]

Still on windows 7 here, so happy about it 

Nothing wrong with Win 10.

[Shuffler]

Still on windows 7 here, so happy about it 

Security is your only big hole. You have to be diligent with your third party AV.

[guncrasher]

Still on windows 7 here, so happy about it 

there was an update that installed edge on win 7. was able to remove it but have nothing but problems with Firefox and blue moon.

semp

[Reschke]

This worked for me when I wanted to delete that POS browser.
https://youtu.be/TSU2auHIyTM

But if you can't delete it you can at least shut it down from running in the background with this trick.
https://youtu.be/HuqJwUVOWR8

[Morpheus]

That's right spikes, I was a long time die hard win-7 lover and was stuck in love with an OS that was 20 years old and had to die for me. My switch to win10 was the biggest and the best change to my PC ever!

For you dudes not fishing I thank you of course. LOL @ the HTC bb die hard fishers! lmao!

[Morpheus]

Thank you all for your replies towards me and helping me with my issue. ALSO, I forgot to ask would any of you dweebs be aware of the icon for Edge and if they will ever give us back the older more "classic" looking icon again?

[Bizman]

I suppose the new Chromium based Edge will keep the current icon as it's an entirely new product only modified by Microsoft. The icon for the Microsoft built "old" Edge was based on Internet Explorer which, despite equally being of non-MS origin, was a part of Windows for several decades.

You can change the icon to anything you like as long as the image is in .ico form. The old icon can be found in the Internet as a free download.

[100Coogn]

Nothing wrong with Win 10.

Agreed.   

Coogan

[Shuffler]

Wait.... is he saying all us old geezers are losing our edge?

[Morpheus]

I suppose the new Chromium based Edge will keep the current icon as it's an entirely new product only modified by Microsoft. The icon for the Microsoft built "old" Edge was based on Internet Explorer which, despite equally being of non-MS origin, was a part of Windows for several decades.

You can change the icon to anything you like as long as the image is in .icon form. The old icon can be found in the Internet as a free download.

I read about the ability to make the icon Whatever you want. The next problem I had was to find a compatible icon made un the necessary format. Do any of you guys have the original icon made in the necessary format?

[Bizman]

Try Google: https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=edge+icon+.ico&client=firefox-b-d&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEufTS1pvrAhUQqYsKHbR5ClIQsAR6BAgJEAE&biw=2560&bih=1444#imgrc=F9UnOvjm34gWgM

Some of them have the .ico as an option. If not, there's online .png to .ico converters like https://convertio.co/png-ico/