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Consequences of Removing Edge? (self.windows11)
submitted 4 months ago by gpstarman to c/windows11@lemmy.world
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If I remove Edge, Will there be any consequences?

Flashback:

I removed edge and onedrive using Chris Titus Tech's Winutils. In the tool itself they mentioned that removing edge is not recommended. But I did it anyway.

Now for some reason, my library folders (music, videos, etc) reset to their original location. ( I changed it to a custom location).

All I have to do is change it back to custom location. ( No data loss happened).

But what I want to know is that, Are there anymore consequences that I am not aware of?

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[โ€“] Kethal@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I know this post is old, but I recently found an unexpected consequence. I used to install the Netflix program on my computer because it had surround sound support that isn't available when you access Netflix through a browser. I stupidly installed the program was through the Microsoft Store, which updates programs without asking. Netflix changed the program to just be a front end to Edge, so one day it just wouldn't open and it took be a fair while to sort out the reason.

Since the only reason I had the program installed was to get surround sound support, and that's not available in the browser, I uninstalled the no-longer-useful shell of a program, and kept Edge uninstalled. Now I don't have surround sound, giving one more reason to cancel my Netflix subscription.

[โ€“] gpstarman 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you.

I neither have surround sound support nor use Netflix app and MS Store. So, I guess it's not a problem for me.