I’ve talked about Microsoft Edge on many occasions, and I’ve always generally given it a positive review. Ever since Microsoft decided that the most logical thing to do was to jump on Chromium and compete with other web browsers in the field of features, everything has gotten better, much better. Gone are the days of the first Edge and even more Internet Explorer, with the tragic consequences for users of the coexistence of millions of rendering engines, each with non-standard features.

To this day, Microsoft Edge has a fairly positive opinion from a large part of the community, and I dare say that Microsoft’s browser has never been more appreciated than it is now. Be careful, I’m talking about the valuation, not the user fees, because in this regard Microsoft has managed to make its browser the most used in the past, but not without reason it has also been the most criticized for many reasons.

So I’ve mentioned again that I like Microsoft Edge, but I’ll add below that I’m totally sick of shortcuts. Microsoft wants Edge to grow in market share, which is a legitimate goal. The bad thing is that sometimes it goes a little (or a lot) in forms. We mentioned this a few days ago when we recommended MSEdgeRedirect , a great solution to prevent Microsoft from always choosing which browser you use.

And what do I mean by shortcuts? If you are a Windows user and have a browser installed, you must have noticed this Microsoft Edge creates a new desktop shortcut every time it updates. That’s not a problem if you want it there, but otherwise, if you don’t want it that way, I imagine you must have dragged the icon to the trash a few times already, right?

I understand, again, that Microsoft wants to increase the number of users of its browser, but this does not seem to me to be the best method. On the contrary, at least in my personal case, every time the Microsoft Edge shortcut reappears on my pristine desktop (yes, I like to keep it practically empty, obsessions), I feel a little less inclined to resort to it. same.

Now, and if this is the case for you, the good news is that you can stop the browser from being so persistent about this and therefore not create a shortcut every time it is updated. To do this, you need to create a new key in the Windows configuration registry, but don’t worry, I won’t tell you to start going through its structure, because we can solve it with just one command from the command line (which you will have to use, yes, with rights administrator).

To do this, type “CMD” (without quotes) in the ewl search box on the taskbar, and when you see the results, search for “Command Prompt”, right-click on it and select “Run as administrator” from the context menu. Then a command prompt will appear where you need to type (or copy and paste if you prefer) the following command:

reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate” /v “CreateDesktopShortcutDefault” /t REG_DWORD /d “0x00000000” /f

Then press Enter and a short “Operation completed successfully” will be displayed as a response. You can now close this window and from now on Microsoft Edge will no longer create a new icon on the desktop every time it updates.