Another MS laugh...
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Hmmm, Start10[^] isn't a Microsoft product. The CreateProcess function[^] allows you to set the Desktop and Windows Station via the STARTUPINFO structure[^]. But starting programs via the ShellExecute function[^] would indeed cause it to use the Winsta0\default desktop. Have you contacted Start10 support to ask how they launch the Edge browser?
That doesn't explain the fact that when Edge is closed (the best I can - I don't see it in Task Manager), and I find MSEdge.exe in explorer (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\99.0.1150.55\msedge.exe) in a non-primary window and double-click on that, it takes me to the primary desktop and opens it there. All of the other shortcuts except Edge open on the currently active desktop, which makes me suspect the problem isn't with Start 10.
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That doesn't explain the fact that when Edge is closed (the best I can - I don't see it in Task Manager), and I find MSEdge.exe in explorer (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\99.0.1150.55\msedge.exe) in a non-primary window and double-click on that, it takes me to the primary desktop and opens it there. All of the other shortcuts except Edge open on the currently active desktop, which makes me suspect the problem isn't with Start 10.
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Alright, One more question, do you have isolated browsing via Windows Defender Application Guard[^] enabled?
This is not an enterprise machine. It is Windows 10 Pro (upgraded from Home via applying an XP pro license) on my personal system. Typing 'application' into the search box doesn't bring up anything related to Application Guard. Nor is it listed in the installed apps.
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This is not an enterprise machine. It is Windows 10 Pro (upgraded from Home via applying an XP pro license) on my personal system. Typing 'application' into the search box doesn't bring up anything related to Application Guard. Nor is it listed in the installed apps.
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That doesn't explain the fact that when Edge is closed (the best I can - I don't see it in Task Manager), and I find MSEdge.exe in explorer (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\99.0.1150.55\msedge.exe) in a non-primary window and double-click on that, it takes me to the primary desktop and opens it there. All of the other shortcuts except Edge open on the currently active desktop, which makes me suspect the problem isn't with Start 10.
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Are they hooking into Explorer, to mishandle it there, too? I sincerely doubt it.
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Application guard is on all Windows 10 and 11 Pro and Enterprise systems. It's in the device security area.
And I have never enabled Application Guard in it. In fact, I didn't even know about Application Guard, and have never played with it before. I can't even quickly find a way to see if it is enabled.
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Application guard is on all Windows 10 and 11 Pro and Enterprise systems. It's in the device security area.
It is not installed by default. [Windows Defender Application Guard: How to Turn It on or Off](https://winbuzzer.com/2020/08/11/windows-defender-application-guard-how-to-turn-it-on-or-off-xcxwbt/) Not on on my system.
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Are they hooking into Explorer, to mishandle it there, too? I sincerely doubt it.
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Both the start menu and explorer use the ShellExecuteEx call internally. My guess is Start10 is mishandling the parameters for this call when coming from a Windows Store app.
But I am not using Start 10 when I double-click directly on msedge.exe in Explorer. That could only happen if Start 10 was somehow hooking Explorer, which I sincerely doubt.
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