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Remotely determine if Chromium Edge is the default browser

I used the following group policy to set Chromium Edge as the default browser:

Computer Configuration --> Administrative Templates --> Microsoft Edge
Set Microsoft Edge as default browser (Enabled)

For the most part this seems to be working. However, there have been some users that claim that Chromium Edge is not default. How can I take an inventory of the network to find what browser is the default on each computer? Can the registry be queried? Can we use a tool such as SCCM?

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You could use PowerShell

I'm not in a network, so I just did a test with my PC (key for Windows 10, it was different on older OS) :

 $Computer = "MY_PC_NAME"
 $Reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('CurrentUser', $Computer)
 $RegKey= $Reg.OpenSubKey("Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice")
 $BrowserProgId = $RegKey.GetValue("ProgId")
 Write-Output $BrowserProgId

I get MSEdgeHTM

You can use a loop with all servers, like in this thread


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Garth answered

Cm already inventory the the default browser, as long as ai classes are enabled. https://www.recastsoftware.com/resources/asset-intelligence-for-configmr/

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HanyunZhu-MSFT answered HanyunZhu-MSFT commented

Hi @JacenVonDielingen-8303,

We could find the devices that have default browser using SCCM CMPivot.

Please refer to the following steps:
1) navigate to Assets and Compliance > Overview > Device Collections > Right-click a device collection and select Start CMPivot.
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2) Find the SMSDefaultBrowser. Right click it and click Insert.
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3) Click Run Query, then we could check the result.
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Hope the information can help you.


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SCCM CMPivot looks promising. Unfortunately I don't have SMSDefaultBrowser as an option. Is there a certain version of SCCM that I need? I am running version1806.

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Hi,

Low version might be the reason. I did some research and found that most entities can be queried since version 1810.

we could try to type "SMSDefaultBrowser" directly in the text box under Query tab and click Run Query.
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If it still fails, it is suggested to upgrade your ConfigMgr.

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HanyunZhu-MSFT avatar image HanyunZhu-MSFT JacenVonDielingen-8303 ·

Hi @JacenVonDielingen-8303

Hope things are going well. I am writing to see if there's any update on our issue.
Is the problem solved? Do you need any further assistance? Look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks for your time.

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