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Settings Overview

Robert C. Maehl edited this page Dec 31, 2021 · 7 revisions

Locations And Priority

By Default

Settings Values will attempt to be read from the following locations in the following order:

  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect
  • HKCU\SOFTWARE\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect
  • %LocalAppData%\MSEdgeRedirect\Settings.ini
  • .\Settings.ini

In Portable Mode

Settings Values will attempt to be read from the following locations in the following order:

  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect
  • .\Settings.ini

Values and Value Types

Overview

Key Name Description Default Added Modified
NoApps IF TRUE: de-embeds Windows Store "apps" that run in Edge to their fallback URLs (TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, and more) False 0.5.0.0 -
NoBing IF TRUE: redirects Bing Searches to the Search Engine as configured using the Search key False 0.5.0.0 -
NoEdge IF TRUE: prevents any Microsoft Edge from launching, instead launching the default browser False 0.6.0.0 -
NoMSN IF TRUE: redirects MSN Weather to the Weather Provider as configured using the Weather key False 0.6.0.0 -
NoPDFs IF TRUE: redirects PDF files to the Application Path as configured using the PDFApp key False 0.5.0.0 -
NoTray ONLY VALID FOR SERVICE MODE
IF TRUE: hides the system tray icon for MSEdgeRedirect
False 0.5.0.0 -
NoUpdates IF TRUE: prevents the application from checking for updates False 0.5.0.0 -
PDFApp A non-relative path to an executable that will handle redirected PDF files <empty> 0.5.0.0 -
Search IF SET: Redirects Web Searches to the Search Engine selected
IF CUSTOM: Redirects Web Searches to the URL as configured using the SearchPath key
<empty> 0.5.0.0 -
SearchPath A URL path that the search query will be appended to <empty> 0.5.0.0 -
Weather IF SET: Redirects Weather Searches to the Weather Provider selected <empty> 0.6.0.0 -

When Using Registry

Key Type Accepted Values
NoApps REG_DWORD 0 or 1
NoBing REG_DWORD 0 or 1
NoEdge REG_DWORD 0 or 1
NoMSN REG_DWORD 0 or 1
NoPDFs REG_DWORD 0 or 1
NoTray REG_DWORD 0 or 1
NoUpdates REG_DWORD 0 or 1
PDFApp REG_SZ <a valid file path>
Search REG_SZ Ask, Baidu, Custom, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Google, Sogou, Yahoo, OR Yandex
SearchPath REG_SZ <a valid URL>
Weather REG_SZ Weather.com OR Weather.gov

When Using .ini File

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