Latest Microsoft Edge released for Windows


  1. Posts : 2,205
    WINDOWS 10 Pro x64 build 19042.685
       #1401

    VBF said:
    Hang on - let me get this right.....
    I install Edge (or any other MS product) on my PC, and MS can patch my installed version on my machine without my knowledge
    Yes, they are called "controlled roll-outs", a long time ago I had a discussion about that in another post. And no, they don't require updates.
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  2. VBF
    Posts : 602
    Win 10 Pro
       #1402

    CountMike said:
    Quirky buggers those MS.
    That's not quirky - it's criminal - I just hope I'm misinterpreting what @LEOPEVA64 meant!!
    We cross-posted - can you kindly explain these "controlled rollouts" please
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  3. Posts : 50,055
    Windows 10 Home 64bit 21H1 and insider builds
       #1403

    VBF said:
    That's not quirky - it's criminal - I just hope I'm misinterpreting what @LEOPEVA64 meant!!
    Anyone else want to jump in here???
    It's done all the time with insider builds so there is no reason it can't be done on release builds. You only rent the software, you don't own it.
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  4. Posts : 19,529
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #1404

    VBF said:
    That's not quirky - it's criminal - I just hope I'm misinterpreting what @LEOPEVA64 meant!!
    We cross-posted - can you kindly explain these "controlled rollouts" please
    Somewhere in EULA: "All rights reserved" and we signed for it.
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  5. VBF
    Posts : 602
    Win 10 Pro
       #1405

    kado897 said:
    It's done all the time with insider builds so there is no reason it can't be done on release builds. You only rent the software, you don't own it.
    But actually patching my PC after I've installed a program??? This is hacking not updating!

    This https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...dge/m-p/763678 implies that the change is already included in the code but the user has to set Flags to enable it

    Bear in mind that we're discussing the so-called STABLE version not an Insider release

    Right????
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  6. Posts : 19,529
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #1406

    VBF said:
    But actually patching my PC after I've installed a program??? This is hacking not updating!

    This https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...dge/m-p/763678 implies that the change is already included in the code but the user has to set Flags to enable it

    Bear in mind that we're discussing the so-called STABLE version not an Insider release

    Right????
    Stable is just about stability (not even sure if that's true) but that doesn't mean it's all finished. Witness all those beta/insider versions that show up practically every day.
    Looks like they are doing similar thing as with windows, "secretly" changing and updating options and parts but keep them inactive until they deem it useful to enable. Like it was with 20H2, all parts were there and enabled by Enablement package" or whachamacallit. Using that we got it from 2004 before 20H2 was officially released thru WU. I expect same thing to happen for 21H1.
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  7. Posts : 2,205
    WINDOWS 10 Pro x64 build 19042.685
       #1407

    VBF said:
    implies that the change is already included in the code but the user has to set Flags to enable
    Several times in this thread I have shown features that other users of the same version of Edge do not have and there is no flag to enable them, Microsoft simply enables them via server, all you have to do is close the browser, when you open it again, Voila, a new feature "magically" appears.
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  8. VBF
    Posts : 602
    Win 10 Pro
       #1408

    CountMike said:
    Stable is just about stability (not even sure if that's true) but that doesn't mean it's all finished. Witness all those beta/insider versions that show up practically every day.
    Looks like they are doing similar thing as with windows, "secretly" changing and updating options and parts but keep them inactive until they deem it useful to enable. Like it was with 20H2, all parts were there and enabled by Enablement package" or whachamacallit. Using that we got it from 2004 before 20H2 was officially released thru WU. I expect same thing to happen for 21H1.
    Yes, Mike, I get that, BUT you had to allow the enablement package which is a sort of update. This is looking like it just changes when you next open the program!

    Cross-posted again - @LEOPEVA64 replied (#1408) and it looks like the answer to my question is "Yes it does just that"
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  9. Posts : 2,205
    WINDOWS 10 Pro x64 build 19042.685
       #1409

    LEOPEVA64 said:
    Several times in this thread I have shown features that other users of the same version of Edge do not have and there is no flag to enable them, Microsoft simply enables them via server, all you have to do is close the browser, when you open it again, Voila, a new feature "magically" appears.
    I remember that at the beginning I did not have the new downloads menu, but I saw someone mention it in another forum, so I closed Edge Canary immediately, and when I opened it again, there was the downloads button in the toolbar.
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  10. VBF
    Posts : 602
    Win 10 Pro
       #1410

    LEOPEVA64 said:
    I remember that at the beginning I did not have the new downloads menu, but I saw someone mention it in another forum, so I closed Edge Canary immediately, and when I opened it again, there was the downloads button in the toolbar.
    And you are quite sure that your version of Canary wasn't updated in the meantime?
    I mean you actually CHECKED "Help and Feedback > About"
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