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Consequences of Removing Edge? (self.windows11)

submitted 3 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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[–] Madnessx9@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Yes, some apps rely on edge to render an auth page, something I discovered this week with a debloated clean install with no edge, I could not connect bambu slicer to my 3d printer as the login page is rendered using edge, for the way I use my printer this is a must for me so had to install edge. It was worth noting that it was no obvious at first what was wrong as the app simply had no loging buttons visible and took a bit of digging to figure out the issue.

[–] xan1242@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That was because CTT WinUtil and other scripts also remove WebView2.

That can be installed separately to restore the functionality.

For anything that uses Edge directly, there is MSEdgeRedirect.

[–] gpstarman 0 points 3 months ago

CTT WinUtil and other scripts also remove WebView2.

Idk about other scripts but Winutils remove everything but do provide an option to install Webview2.

For anything that uses Edge directly, there is MSEdgeRedirect

Thank you, I'll look into it.

[–] gpstarman 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

some apps rely on edge to render an auth page

I find it quite stupid to rely on a particular browser instead of whatever the default browser is.

Even the need to have this conversation is infuriating.