When you use Windows Search (the search bar next to the Start button), it opens results in the Edge browser. And by default the results appear in Bing search. If you don’t like Bing Search and Edge, you can use Google Search instead of Windows Search in the Bing on Edge browser. Also, you can make Windows Search open Chrome browser and use Google Search in it. Here’s how to do it.
Pro tip: You can enable parallel downloading on Chrome and check how effective it is in different situations and on different devices.
Windows Search Open Google Search in Chrome or Edge
Microsoft’s PowerToy is an open source tool packed with extra features to tweak your Windows with some extra features. Download and install PowerToys from GitHub Or Microsoft Store.
Open and enable the PowerToys app PowerToys Run Module. You can set it as per your preference and assign a universal keyboard shortcut to launch it. By default, pressing Alt+Spacebar The keyboard shortcut launches Windows Search while any application or window is open.
Anything you search in PowerToys’ universal search bar, will open in your default browser and search engine which may be Google Chrome and Google Search respectively. For my computer, I set it to open Google Search in Edge.
Make Chrome the default browser for Windows Search
- On PC, opens Settings Apps > Apps > Default apps.
- In search of Chrome and open it.
- Click above Put in the original form Top-right corner.
If this doesn’t work easily, turn off the toggle and turn on the PowerToys Run module. Here’s how it looks.
If you want to use the Edge browser with Google Search, go back settingsgo there apps and search Edge, and set it as the default browser. Within Edge, you can choose any search engine as your default.
Here’s how to set up another search engine in Edge Browser:
Open the Edge browser, click Three-point sign > Settings > Privacy, search and services > Address bar and discovery. Then, use the next drop-down The search engine used in the address bar and choose Google.
And it is. Check out some tips and tricks to optimize Edge Browser and when too many tabs are open, you can automatically close those unused tabs.