When creating a link, you can help direct the users system to use a specific application to open the link. I hope to explain how to use special web protocols inside hypertext links to force web pages or files to open with Microsoft Edge on Windows. To see for yourself how to force links to open in Microsoft’s Edge Browser, insert a normal <A> (anchor tag) in the page source, like so:
<A HREF="http://www.mywebsite.com/testfile">My test file link</A>
Now, place microsoft-edge: before the hypertext reference link:
<A HREF="microsoft-edge:http://www.mywebsite.com/testfile">My test file link</A>
The link will look normal in any browser, but when you click the link it will attempt to target the Microsoft Edge browser to open the link. Microsoft itself uses this same technique on its Bing Rewards page.
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