There is actually a setting deep in Edge's options that controls what happens when you search with Cortana in the Anniversary Update. If you open Edge, and find the More button and then choose settings, followed by View Advanced Settings you can find this. At that point it is faster to shift+tab and there is an item that says Optimize Task Bar Search Results for Screen Readers. If you turn that on, searches such as you've described will open in Internet Explorer specifically.
Kelly -----Original Message----- From: net bat via Talk [mailto:talk@lists.window-eyes.com] Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2016 12:18 PM To: Larry Higgins <larryhiggin...@comcast.net>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: Interesting reaction when I tried to run Edge from the taskbar its telling you it is not accessible to screen readers, and telling you to change the default browser to i e. but the cortana searches are hard wired to use edge no matter which browser you use for the default. in the search box type in default browser. then you can change it to what ever browser you have installed. mine is set to firefox. but i had to unpin the edge browser from the task view and put firefox there -----Original Message----- From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2016 10:46 AM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Interesting reaction when I tried to run Edge from the taskbar Have any of you had this happen? I tried twice to run edge, from the taskbar and got a loud alarm sound that had the rhythm of something like a car or smoke alarm, and it wouldn't stop until I either powered off the computer or loged off. I couldn't seem to simply close edge and stop the thing. And, was it loud. At present my sighted wife isn't available to read the screen to me, and at the time I had the issue, WE wasn't turned up loud enough for me to be able to make out what was being said. But I will say that when you hear this thing, you really want it to stop. _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/netbat%40comca st.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/kelly%40kellfo rd.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
