René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Update webbrowser to use Edge as fallback instead of IE","articleBody":"# Feature or enhancement\r\n\r\n[webbrowser.py](https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/54060ae91da2df44b3f6e6c698694d40284687e9/Lib/webbrowser.py#L546)  currently uses Internet Explorer as the fallback browser on Windows, if the user has no default browser, and no user-installed browsers are detected. I propose to update this code to use Microsoft Edge as the fallback instead.\r\n\r\n# Pitch\r\n\r\n-IE is deprecated and no longer functional on most Windows installations today.\r\n-Any Windows installation with current Python has had Microsoft Edge installed since release.\r\n-It seems that certain enterprise policies will block the user from directly invoking IE ([See this Github issue](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/102520)).\r\n-While iexplore.exe currently redirects to Edge when executed, this PR makes the fallback behavior transparent.\r\n\r\n# Previous discussion\r\n\r\nhttps://discuss.python.org/t/update-webbrowser-py-to-use-microsoft-edge-as-fallback-instead-of-ie/24791\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\r\n### Linked PRs\r\n* gh-102691\r\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/DBJim","@type":"Person","name":"DBJim"},"datePublished":"2023-03-14T10:22:23.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/102690/cpython/issues/102690"}