[Njtechdiv] Windows 10: Edge is now used for web search results from taskbar search box

[Mario]

In windows 10, if you open the start menu, type some search terms, and 
open a web search result, then until a few days ago, it used to open the 
search in your default browser. The same applied if you were using 
Cortana, and it didn't know the answer to your request.

However, Microsoft have changed this so these now open in the Edge 
browser, irrespective of which browser you have set as your default 
browser.

Unfortunately, Edge is not accessible using Jaws or Window Eyes, though 
it is at least partially accessible using NVDA or narrator.

This seems like a very surprising decision by microsoft, to make this 
change before Edge is accessible by users of all the major screen 
readers. This is a link to the announcement by microsoft:
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/04/28/delivering-personalized-search-experiences-in-windows-10-through-cortana/

Someone who is affected by this should call Microsoft's accessibility 
support
staff and find out what work-around they offer. Apparently, Edge is 
about to become much more accessible with newly introduced UIA support 
when the next major Windows 10 update is released, so the problem will 
go away then.