It’s a joke that everyone knows. Most users only run Microsoft Edge once to install the web browser they really want to use. However, you don’t have to use Edge at all. You can install a web browser without having to go near Edge.
Here’s how:
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Windows 11 includes a command line tool called Windows Package Manager (winget.exe) that you can use to install, update, and uninstall apps from both the web (using the winget repository) and the Microsoft Store. You can install it. When configuring a new or recently reset PC, always use winget to bulk install apps. And many of those apps are web browsers.
To do this yourself, open a terminal. Then enter the appropriate command line. For example, this will install Google Chrome, the most popular choice, from the wingget repository.
winget install Google.Chrome -e
You can install any mainstream web browser this way, including Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, and even the Arc browser. Note that store-based browsers (such as Firefox in the sample video) use alphanumeric IDs instead of names. But it’s the same process.
