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Update webbrowser to use Edge as fallback instead of IE #102690

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opened on Mar 14, 2023
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Feature or enhancement

webbrowser.py currently uses Internet Explorer as the fallback browser on Windows, if the user has no default browser, and no user-installed browsers are detected. I propose to update this code to use Microsoft Edge as the fallback instead.

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-IE is deprecated and no longer functional on most Windows installations today.
-Any Windows installation with current Python has had Microsoft Edge installed since release.
-It seems that certain enterprise policies will block the user from directly invoking IE (See this Github issue).
-While iexplore.exe currently redirects to Edge when executed, this PR makes the fallback behavior transparent.

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https://discuss.python.org/t/update-webbrowser-py-to-use-microsoft-edge-as-fallback-instead-of-ie/24791

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  • gh-102690: Use Edge as fallback in webbrowser instead of IE #102691

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  1. DBJim
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    on Mar 14, 2023
  2. merwok
    changed the title [-]Update webbrowser.py to use Edge as fallback instead of IE[/-] [+]Update webbrowser to use Edge as fallback instead of IE[/+] on Mar 14, 2023
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  4. merwok
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 16, 2023

    gh-102690: Use Edge as fallback in webbrowser instead of IE (#102691)

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  5. merwok commented on Mar 16, 2023

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    Thanks!

  6. merwok
    closed this as completedon Mar 16, 2023
  7. carljm
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 17, 2023

    Merge branch 'main' into inlinecomp2

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  8. Fidget-Spinner
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 27, 2023

    pythongh-102690: Use Edge as fallback in webbrowser instead of IE (py…

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  9. warsaw
    added a commit that references this issue on Apr 11, 2023

    pythongh-102690: Use Edge as fallback in webbrowser instead of IE (py…

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