Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp]
@="URL: TestApp Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell\open]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell\open\command]
@="\"wscript\" \"C:\\Users\ \user1\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\TestService\\CustomTestProtocolHandler.vbs\" \"%1\""
Both Chrome and Explorer can start this custom protocol handler.
But it does not work for MS Edge.
Should I perform some other configuration to enable custom protocols in Edge?
Or the custom protocol handler can’t run in MS Edge at all?
Update:
If I use “EditFlags”=dword:00210000 value, it works for me:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp]
@="URL: TestApp Protocol"
"EditFlags"=dword:00210000
"URL Protocol"=""
[ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell\open]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell\open\command]
@="\"wscript\" \"C:\\Users\\user1\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\TestService\\CustomTestProtocolHandler.vbs\" \"%1\""
FTA_OpenIsSafe – 0x00010000
FTA_SafeForElevation – 0x00200000
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762506(v=vs.85).aspx
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet]
@="URL:Magnet Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet\shell\open\command]< br />@="\"D:\\Program Files\\PowerShell Scripts\\HandleMagnetTransmission.bat\" \"%1\""
I don’t know why MS Edge refuses to directly call any Execute the file as a protocol handler. I tried notepad.exe, but it didn’t work either.
We register a custom protocol handler for the application
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp]
@="URL: TestApp Protocol"
"URL Protocol" =""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell\open]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell\ open\command]
@="\"wscript\" \"C:\\Users\\user1\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\TestService\\CustomTestProtocolHandler.vbs\" \"%1\ ""
Both Chrome and Explorer can launch this custom protocol handler.
But it does not work on MS Edge.
Should I perform some other configuration to enable customization in Edge protocol?
Or the custom protocol handler can’t run in MS Edge at all?
Update:
If I use “EditFlags”=dword:00210000 value, it works for me:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp]
@="URL: TestApp Protocol"
"EditFlags"=dword:00210000
"URL Protocol"=""
[ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell\open]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\testapp\shell\open\command]
@="\"wscript\" \"C:\\Users\\user1\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\TestService\\CustomTestProtocolHandler.vbs\" \"%1\""
FTA_OpenIsSafe – 0x00010000
FTA_SafeForElevation – 0x00200000
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762506(v=vs.85).aspx
I found that the only way to make it work in MS Edge is to point the open command to an intermediate bat file. My registry key looks like this:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet]
@="URL:Magnet Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=" "
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\magnet\shell\open\command]
@="\"D:\\Program Files\\ PowerShell Scripts\\HandleMagnetTransmission.bat\" \"%1\""
I don’t know why MS Edge refuses to directly call any executable file as a protocol handler. I tried notepad.exe, but it It didn’t work either.