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@Husarp Husarp released this 24 Sep 18:27
· 8 commits to main since this release
v3.12.6
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Install

One command — in PowerShell:

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Husarp/browser-switch/main/get.ps1 | iex

It downloads this release's source code, builds the program on your PC with the compiler that is part of Windows (no ready-made .exe is downloaded), installs it for your account and opens it. Run it again to update.

From the files — download BrowserSwitch-3.12.6.zip, unzip it into a folder you will keep, double-click Install.cmd. The program is not signed, so Windows may say "Windows protected your PC" the first time — More info → Run anyway.

Upgrading from 3.3.0: either way works; your config.txt is kept.

New in 3.12.6

  • Installing again, or moving Browser Switch, while it already is your default browser keeps your original browser: it is taken over from the copy installed before.
  • (3.12.5) The one-command install works in a normal PowerShell window; before, Windows' default policy stopped it before Browser Switch was registered.

What's new since 3.3.0

  • Setup screen on the first start and whenever Browser Switch is not the default browser: how it works and why it can be trusted, your choices (link cleaning, link log, update checks), making it the default — then "You're all set", with a first category made from the browser you used until now.
  • Tabs: Categories, Rules, Shortcuts, Link cleaning, Link log, About & updates.
  • Link cleaning: tracking parts removed from links (utm_*, fbclid, YouTube's si…) and redirects skipped (Google, Outlook Safe Links, Facebook…), with a box to try any link.
  • Link log: every link, which app it came from, where it opened and what was changed — kept on your PC only.
  • Updates: checking GitHub is off unless you turn it on; Update now builds the new version from source. This is the only time Browser Switch goes online.
  • One-command install and update; uninstall opens Settings on the page of the browser you used before, to make it the default again with one click.
  • One Rules on / off switch (window, dock menu, shortcut); a taskbar button while the window is open; web page files show the browser they open in; nicer "?" marks, browser list and hand cursors; the top of the window says when Browser Switch is not the default.

See the README for everything, including Privacy and security.

BrowserSwitch.exe SHA-256: BB103AAD00A53576E7A149E6FACB2B3011DC1AC2940DA996135D68FD2F482A86

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