How to fix
Disable Browser Choice Pop-Up
on Windows

Could someone please tell me how to get rid of browser choice pop up? Whenever I click on the link to a website, a pop-up message shows up where I have to select which web browser to use. There is an “always use this app” option, but it doesn’t work. This pop-up is really getting on my nerves. Please help! I could not find any useful tips, so any suggestions would be appreciated!

Microsoft Edge is the default web browser on Windows 10 OS. Therefore, after clean install of Windows 10 or upgrading Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or another version to Windows 10 will automatically set Microsoft Edge as a default web browser. This fact should be no surprise because Microsoft seeks to show people what it has to offer and attract more users. While some people prefer using Microsoft Edge, the others are used to Google Chrome or another web browser, which is why one of the first system reset after upgrading to Windows 10 is often related to a default web browser. Unfortunately, many people have reported that they can‘t set a default web browser on Windows 10. Each time people click on a random link while browsing, they receive a Browser Choice Notification, which asks „How do you want to open this?“. According to Microsoft, this „Browser Choice update to comply with a legal settlement with the European Commission.” Its purpose is to inform people that there are other web browser choices available. Nevertheless, Microsoft allows to disable Browser Choice pop-up and we are going to explain how.

How to Disable Browser Choice Pop Up?

Method 1. Delete the Notification Directly

• Navigate to C:\Windows\System32 location and find browserchoice.exe file.
• Right-click on it and select Delete.
• Once done, restart your web browser and click on a random link to check if the Browser Choice pop-up has successfully been disabled.

Method 2. Give yourself a permission to disable Browser Choice Update

In case you were not allowed to remove browserchoice.exe file, you have to add your username and give yourself permission. For this purpose, do the following:

• Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\ browserchoice.exe.
• Right-click on the browserchoice.exe file and select Edit.
• Then click Add and type your user name.

Method 3. Run an Elevated Command Prompt

• Click Win key + X and select Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:976002 and press Enter.
• Close Command Prompt and open your web browser to check if the pop-up is gone.

Method 4. Reset registry settings

• Click Win key + X and select Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type reg add HKLM\Software\BrowserChoice /v Enable /t and REG_DWORD /d 0×00000000 /f commands and press Enter after each of them.
• Close the window and the Browser Choice notification shouldn’t show up again.

When you delete Browser Choise Window on Windows 10, we would highly recommend installing [d1] optmization utility. It will maintain the system in order to keep its best performance.