If you are running Windows 10, follow the directions below entitled "How to Make News and Interests Open Links in Chrome on Windows 10"

If you are running Windows 11, follow the directions below that entitled "How to Change Default Browser in Windows 11"

1. Download the latest version of EdgeDeflector from GitHub (direct download link is here).

2. Install it by following the setup wizard steps.

3. Click on the Windows Start icon (lower left as indicated by the green arrow) and select the Settings app (red arrow).

4. Navigate to Apps > Default apps.

5. Click on Choose default apps by protocol (it's down there near the bottom of the screen).

6. Find the microsoft-edge entry in the list, and click on the app icon next to it.

7. Select EdgeDeflector from the available apps list, and confirm the change.  This is how it should look.

You are done.  Close the open windows.

EdgeDeflector doesn't require administrative privileges, as it makes changes per user.

Source for this procedure: https://winaero.com/how-to-change-default-browser-in-windows-11/

Here is how to change the default browser in Windows 11. Unlike Windows 10 that provides a relatively easy way to set Chrome or any other browser as the default, changing the default browser in Windows 11 is a complete mess. Microsoft is well-known for its user-hostile efforts to switch users from Chrome to Edge. The company imposes its browser using native ads in Windows, random default apps reset, hardcoding Edge into News and Interests, etc.

With the latest Windows release, the company takes another step to make it harder to change the default browser in Windows 11. If you cannot find the option to change the default browser in Windows 11, this article will tell you what to do.

Step 1

The simplest way to change the default browser in Windows 11 is to download Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, or any other browser.

Step 2

Then, open any web link from another app or document.  Windows 11 will ask you which app you want to use to open web links.

Step 3

Select the browser you want to set as the default in Windows 11, then place a check mark next to the Always use this app.

Step 4

Click Ok.

Because Microsoft, for some reason, removed the "Default Browser" option in Windows Settings, to change the default browser in Windows 11, you need to set files associations for 22 different file formats.  If that sounds like a joke, it is.  We can only hope Microsoft will change that.

Step 1

Open Windows Settings. You can use:

• the Windows key + I shortcut, 

• Windows Search (click on the Windows start icon and start typing "Settings") 

• or the all apps list.

Step 2

Go to the Apps section and then click Default Apps.

Step 3

Find the Set defaults for application section and locate the browser you want to set as the default in Windows 11.

Step 4

Set the preferred browser for each file type. That is right, for twenty-two items.

Done!

Mainstream browsers also have a built-in setting that allows you to change the default browser in Windows.  Unfortunately, those options seem broken in Windows 11.  In Chrome, for example, clicking the Make Default button in chrome://settings/defaultBrowser launches Windows Settings that, in turn, requires changing the default apps for twenty-two different web formats.  Until Microsoft changes things, that is the only way to set the default browser in Windows 11.

Source: https://www.news18.com/news/tech/windows-11-is-making-it-easier-to-change-default-browser-heres-how-to-do-it-4518113.html

Microsoft is making it easier for Windows 11 users to change their default web browser.  The company is reportedly going back on some recent changes made to Windows 11 that made changing your default browser tricky.  This was said to be the company’s move to motivate users to keep the Microsoft Edge browser as the default browser.  However, it seems that the strategy from Microsoft did not work and now, the company is making it easier to change your default web browser on Windows 11.

Windows build 22509 has a new “Set Default Browser" button.  With the new change, the option to change the browser will appear within the Windows 11 Settings, under the “Apps" tab and the “Default Apps" option.  There is a new “Set Default" button on the top right of the Default Apps page.  

With the new method, all users need to do in terms of changing their web browser is go to Settings > Apps > Default Apps > select the web browser they want to set as default > Click “Set Default" on top.