We've known for a while that changing the default browsers on Windows 11 wasn't necessarily the most straightforward experience, and lots of accused Microsoft of deliberately making the process more complicated so that they can convince users to stick with Microsoft Edge.

While it's impossible to tell if this is true or not, it's understandable that such controversy isn't something which helps Microsoft and Windows 11 in the long term.

Actually, it does exactly the opposite, as users end up much more frustrated, eventually giving up on more Microsoft software as a approach to protest.

The good thing is that Microsoft have received the message, so the company finally resolved this major Windows shortcoming in the latest cumulative update shipped to Windows 11 devices this week.

Just a small part of a larger problem

As discovered on reddit, what is needed to alter the default browser on Windows 11 at this time is simply one click, as the setting takes care of all extensions (aside from PDF) that would be typically handled with a browser.

But while this is clearly a welcome change, Microsoft continues to have lots of try to do on this front. Windows 11 users ought to be permitted to change the default apps to handle the rest of the file types, no matter if we're talking about audio, video, or documents.

Probably, Microsoft is already aware this has to be done, as well as the moment, the organization seems to stick to small steps despite the fact that, at least theoretically, this shouldn't take too much time to implement.

Meanwhile, it's vital that you keep in mind this latest cumulative update that contains the modification is simply an optional release, therefore the new way of setting another default browser on Windows 11 will become available for everybody next month included in the Patch Tuesday cycle.

If you wish to try it out today, just head over to Windows Update and manually download this optional update.