Microsoft releases Blocker Toolkit for Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser
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Microsoft revealed some time ago that it plans to release the first Stable version of the company's new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser on January 15, 2020 (a day after end of support for Windows 7).

The company revealed this week how it plans to bring the new web browser to user systems that run the Windows 10 operating system. According to the information provided on the Microsoft Docs website, Microsoft will deploy the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser automatically via Windows Update for all systems running Windows 10 RS4 or newer. For those who don't know, RS4 is Windows 10 version 1803.

The Blocker Toolkit is designed for organizations to block the automatic deployment of the Chromium-based browser. While designed for organizations, it may also be run on Home systems by administrators.

The toolkit prevents the installation of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser via Windows Update, but it won't prevent the manual installation of the web browser.

Administrators may download the Blocker Toolkit from the linked Microsoft Docs support page. The blocker is provided as an executable file that administrators need to run on target machines. The executable is a self-extracting archive that extracts four files to the specified folder.

The command file sets a key in the Registry that prevents the downloading and installation of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser; there are also policy templates and a help file.

The command script may be run with parameters, e.g. to block Edge on remote computers.

The default syntax is: EdgeChromium_Blocker.cmd [<machine name>] [/B] [/U] [/H]

* B -- Blocks the distribution.
* U -- Unblocks the distribution.
* H -- Displays the help.

All it takes to block the deployment is the following:

1. Use Windows-R to open the run box on the system.
2. Type regedit.exe and hit Enter to load the Registry Editor.
3. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate.
4. Right-click on EdgeUpdate and select New > Dword (32-bit) value.
5. Name it DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium.
* A value of 0 means that Edge is not blocked on the system.
* A value of 1 means that the deployment via Windows Update is blocked.

The new policy is found under /Computer Configuration /Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Update /Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Blockers If the Group Policy Administrative Template is imported.
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