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Settings Overview

Robyn C. Maehl edited this page Aug 20, 2025 · 8 revisions

Locations And Priority

By Default

Settings Values will attempt to be read from the following locations in the following order:

  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect
  • HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect - As of 0.7.3.0
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect
  • HKCU\SOFTWARE\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect
  • %LocalAppData%\MSEdgeRedirect\Settings.ini
  • .\Settings.ini

In Portable Mode

Settings Values will attempt to be read from the following locations in the following order:

  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect
  • HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Robert Maehl Software\MSEdgeRedirect - As of 0.8.1.0
  • .\Settings.ini

Values and Value Types

Overview

Key Name Description Registry Default Added Modified
NoApps IF TRUE: de-embeds Windows Store "apps" that run in Edge to their fallback URLs (TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, and more) False 0.5.0.0 -
NoBing IF TRUE: redirects Bing Searches to the Search Engine as configured using the Search key False 0.5.0.0 -
NoChat IF TRUE: disables Bing Chat False 0.7.5.0 -
NoFeed IF TRUE: redirects MSN Feed to the Feed Provider as configured using the Feed Key False 0.7.5.3 -
NoImgs IF TRUE: redirects Bing Images to the Images Provider as configured using the Images key False 0.7.0.0 -
NoMSN IF TRUE: redirects MSN Weather to the Weather Provider as configured using the Weather key False 0.6.0.0 -
NoNews IF TRUE: redirects Bing/MSN News to the "I'm Feeling Lucky" Provider as configured using the News key False 0.6.6.0 -
NoPDFs IF TRUE: redirects PDF files to the Application Path as configured using the PDFApp key False 0.5.0.0 -
NoPilot IF TRUE: disabled Microsoft CoPilot False 0.7.5.0 -
NoSpotlight IF TRUE: redirects Image Spotlight to the Search Provider as configured using the Search key False 0.8.0.0 -
NoTray ONLY VALID FOR SERVICE MODE

IF TRUE: hides the system tray icon for MSEdgeRedirect
False 0.5.0.0 -
NoUpdates IF TRUE: prevents the application from checking for updates False 0.5.0.0 -
Feed IF SET: Redirects Weather Searches to the Weather Provider selected <empty> 0.7.5.3 -
FeedPath REQUIRES Feed SET TO Custom

A URL path that will be loaded instead
<empty> 0.7.5.3 -
Images IF SET: Redirects Image Searches to the Image Provider selected <empty> 0.7.0.0 0.7.5.1
ImagePath REQUIRES Images SET TO Custom

A URL path that an image query will be appended to
<empty> 0.7.0.0 -
News IF SET: Redirects Bing/MSN News to the "I'm Feeling Lucky" Provider selected <empty> 0.7.0.0 -
PDFApp A non-relative path to an executable that will handle redirected PDF files <empty> 0.5.0.0 -
Search IF SET: Redirects Web Searches to the Search Engine selected

IF CUSTOM: Redirects Web Searches to the URL as configured using the SearchPath key
<empty> 0.5.0.0 0.7.4.0
SearchPath REQUIRES Search SET TO Custom

A URL path that the search query will be inserted to
<empty> 0.5.0.0 0.7.5.1
StartMenu Adds App (App Only) or App + Settings (Full) Shortcuts to the Start Menu Full 0.5.0.0 -
Startup IF TRUE: Starts MSEdgeRedirect with Windows True 0.5.0.0 -
Weather IF SET: Redirects Weather Searches to the Weather Provider selected <empty> 0.6.0.0 0.7.5.1
WeatherPath REQUIRES Weather SET TO Custom

A URL path that the weather query will be inserted into
<empty> 0.7.1.0 -
Key Type Registry Accepted Values .ini Accepted Values
NoApps REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoBing REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoChat REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoFeed REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoImgs REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoMSN REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoNews REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoPDFs REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoPilot REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoSpotlight REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoTray REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
NoUpdates REG_DWORD 0 or 1 False or True
Feed REG_SZ Ask, Baidu, Custom, Google, OR Yahoo Same as Registry
FeedPath REG_SZ <a valid URL> Same as Registry
Images REG_SZ Baidu, Custom, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Google, Sogou, Yahoo, OR Yandex Same as Registry
ImagePath REG_SZ <a valid URL> Same as Registry
News REG_SZ DuckDuckGo or Google Same as Registry
PDFApp REG_SZ <a valid file path> Same as Registry
Search REG_SZ Ask, Baidu, Brave, Custom, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Google, Google (NO AI), Sogou, Startpage Yahoo, OR Yandex Same as Registry
SearchPath REG_SZ <a valid URL> Same as Registry
Weather REG_SZ AccuWeather, Custom, Weather.com, Weather.gov, Windy, WUnderground, Ventusky, OR Yandex Same as Registry
WeatherPath REG_SZ <a valid URL> Same as Registry

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