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Re:Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock... by wlesieutre on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:31PM (#9978679)
Nope. The default browser can no longer be changed anywhere but the system preferences, applications can not set themselves as default.

Been that way for a couple months in technical preview builds, with even first party software (OneNote desktop vs modern) continuing to ask if you want to set it as default, followed by a system popup telling you to use the Settings app.

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Re:Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock... by mynameisvlad on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:37PM (#9978705)
Check out my edit, they seem to have moved from the system popup you talk about to just opening up the Settings app for you to the right UI, so it's not as great as the one click experience that was there before, but not as bad as having you do all the work.
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Re:Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock... by wlesieutre on Thursday July 30, 2015 @07:36PM (#9978993)
Ah, that's a much better way to handle it than in the previews. Thanks for the heads up!
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