Microsoft is making it easy to change the default app in Windows 11
There are several things in Windows 11 that are made less convenient than in Windows 10, which provides enough grounds for criticism of this OS by users who sometimes, without reason, believe that “before was better.” One of them is the function of installing programs by default – in Windows 11, it has become more difficult to change system programs and applications to software developed by non-Microsoft.
It seems that Microsoft has finally paid attention to the criticism: in a recent official blog post, the company announced that later this year it plans to start testing a new Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). It will allow software developers to create direct links that will redirect users to the desired section of the Settings menu, where they can change how Windows 11 reacts to certain links and file types.
In addition, Microsoft also plans to give users the ability to control which programs are pinned to the Desktop, Start menu, and Taskbar with a new API that will preemptively request permission for programs to make such changes to the system interface.
Microsoft promises to start testing these features in the Windows Insider Dev Channel in the coming months, and only then add them to the public release of Windows 11.