# rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect

A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser

Repository: https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/msedgeredirect
Homepage: https://MSEdgeRedirect.com
Language: AutoIt
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: windows, edge, msedge, windows10, windows11, uri-solutions, uri-parser, uri-manipulations, uri, image-file-execution-options
Last push: 2026-06-24T11:32:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1881, "days_push": 70, "days_rel": 524, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5872, forks 122 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:31.826256+00:00)

## What it is
A Windows utility that intercepts Microsoft Edge process command line arguments and redirects News, Search, Widgets, Weather, and other links to the user's default browser. It also offers an Image File Execution Options mode similar to the old EdgeDeflector.

## Use cases
- stop windows widgets from opening in edge
- redirect bing search results to my default browser
- open news and weather links outside microsoft edge
- replace edgedeflector on windows 11
- prevent edge from hijacking web links
- set and forget edge redirect tool

## When to choose
- you want Edge-forced links (widgets, search, news) opened in your default browser on Windows 10/11
- you prefer a resilient approach that filters Edge command line arguments instead of hooking the microsoft-edge: handler
- you want a set-and-forget tool installable via Chocolatey, Scoop, or winget

## When to avoid
- you need a fully stable, non-beta tool for production environments
- you want to disable Windows web search entirely rather than redirect it
- you are not on Windows or do not use Microsoft Edge

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: parser, developer-tools, privacy
- domain: windows, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: windows
- tags: microsoft-edge, browser-redirect, uri-parsing, windows11, windows10, autoit, default-browser, desktop

## Member repositories
- rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:31.826256+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:51:35.630604+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:31.826256+00:00, sha 7e82e364c028)
  - homepage: https://MSEdgeRedirect.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:03.345235+00:00, sha 4783c3d783c2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.