How to prevent Microsoft from installing the new strength Edge on your PC?

Microsoft is about to deploy the new version of its Edge web browser.This important update, which should start from January 15, 2020 and last for several weeks, will be done in the background on all the machines operating under Windows 10 in 1803 (April 2018 Update) and higher version, without the usercannot oppose it.The new version of the browser will definitively replace the old one which will no longer be available on the machine.

If there is not really a reason to want to oppose the arrival of the new Edge, much more efficient than the old (it relies on a chromium base), it is quite possibleprevent Microsoft from installing it for force on your computer.

The Redmond firm makes available an utility, in principle intended for professionals and businesses, allowing the deployment of the browser to be stopped through an update.Here's how to use it.

1.Download the utility

Start by downloading the utility offered by Microsoft to block the forced installation of the Edge browser.

The file downloaded in format.EXE will extract several files on your computer.So create an empty repertoire that you will name Edge Blocker on your machine.

2.Extract files

Double click on the file you have just downloaded, named microsoftedgechromoumbrtoolkit.exe

In the window that displays the conditions of use of the tool, click yes.

Then click on Browse and select the directory you have just created to extract the files contained in MicrosoftedgechromoClocertoolkit.exe and validate by pressing OK.

In total, your Edge Blocker directory should have four files.

3.Open the command prompt

Click on the Start menu and search for the command prompt by entering the first letters of his name.Right click on the command prompt and choose to open it as a administrator.

4.Navigate to the repertoire

You must now navigate to the Edge Blocker directory that you have created from the command prompt.

You can easily copy the path of the directory by placing the mouse cursor in the address bar of the file explorer.

In the command prompt, type CD paths and validate by pressing your keyboard key.

In our case, for example, we seize:

5.Launch the blocker

The utility should then display in the command prompt the list of all possible actions.To block the installation of Edge on your machine, type Edgechromium_blocker.CMD /B and press the Enter key.

A Blocking Deployment of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-Based) message on the local machine should then appear, confirming the success of the operation.

However, you can go back and again authorize the automatic deployment of Microsoft Edge (Chromium version) on your computer, replacing the edgechromium_blocker command.CMD /B by edgechromium_blocker.CMD /U, where B means block (block), and U, unblock (unlock).

Keep in mind that even if you have blocked the automatic EDGE installation on your machine through updates, nothing later prevents you from installing it manually by downloading and running the browser installation file.