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Windows derails Chrome, Firefox installation, promotes Microsoft Edge instead

Microsoft  has begun trying a new tactic to get people to use its Edge web browser: a warning dialog box that interrupts the installation of other web browsers like  Mozilla  Firefox or  Google Chrome . "You already have  Microsoft Edge  -- the safer, faster browser for  Windows 10 ," a dialog box reads after you launch an installer for another browser. The process, which appears only in Microsoft's "fast ring" test version of upcoming Windows 10 versions, presents two options: "Open Microsoft Edge" -- the default -- and "Install anyway." The dialog box has a link to the settings tool in Windows if you want to suppress the warning in the future, but it's not immediately clear how to change the behavior. Developer Sean Hoffman spotted the issue when trying to install Firefox,  he said on Twitter  on Tuesday. Another Twitter user  reported the same behavior  with Chrome,  Vivaldi , Opera and Firefox browsers. CNET confirmed...