EdgeDeflector VS VBoxHardenedLoader

I used to use Bing to DuckDuckGo in conjunction with EdgeDeflector to ensure all links that open Edge and Bing redirect to Firefox and DDG instead, but EdgeDeflector no longer works now, so I guess I don't need that extension anymore. Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't realized till now that the extension wasn't necessary anymore.

There's also the dark bit where changing your default browser in Windows doesn't apply globally.

That is, some UI widgets will still open Edge even if you change the default.

There used to be an awesome open source project called EdgeDeflector that would fix that. Microsoft got wise to it and found a way to neutralize it, which killed the project. https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector

1) Install EdgeDeflector. (Note: Edge deflector is deprecated without the next fix. You no longer need to browse into Default Apps to select EdgeDeflector).

It’s a very intentional thing that Microsoft ignores the default browser in many cases. They’ve already killed one workaround tool that fixes this: https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector

Idk if Edgeeflector can actually overcome this but it worth a try yk

*cough* edgedeflector *cough*

It probably opens Edge anyway, so you could use EdgeDeflector to handle the browser opening.

I downloaded VBOXHardenedLoader and set up my VM, but there is no such file called VBOXLDR that exists that it wants me to use https://github.com/hfiref0x/VBoxHardenedLoader/blob/master/Binary/howto.md the instructions seem nonsensical and none of the commands that they want me to input are valid. I don't understand what I did wrong, I completed the previous steps perfectly.

Edit: This is what I used to accomplish this in virtualbox - https://github.com/hfiref0x/VBoxHardenedLoader

https://github.com/hfiref0x/VBoxHardenedLoader/blob/master/Binary/howto.md#warning-virtualbox-additions

i actually figured a way around this last year, because i thought i was going to have to take a test on it. Basically, you have to install a virtual machine on your computer. however, since it normally wont run in a VM, you have to run some program some guy made to trick the software. I was able to get it working pretty easily even though in the end. I no longer remember ht esteps, and this was the only link i could find to the resources i used, but if you are determined you should be able to find the youtube videos I used fairly easily.