Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the configured Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser through software or by manually modifying the Registry.

This will change the default browser for most popular web formats like HTM, HTML, HTTP, and HTTPS. If you want to completely switch over, scroll down to find extensions such as SHTML, XHT, XHTML ...

At present, the "Make default" button in Chrome's settings is exclusively capable of setting Chrome as the primary browser. But this update, spotted by WindowsReport in a recent Chromium code change, ...