title: Setting up the default browser (IE, Homepage)
body: <p>Those are actually two different questions but still they are connected. I am trying to make a script to automate the installation of company PCs for new employees.
  An old script used to work fine but as of the 1703 update (or some time prior. No-one really knows), the changes no longer do their job and I cannot seem to find a fix.
  The task:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Change the default browser from Edge to Internet Explorer </li>
  <li>Set the IE homepage to "<a href="https://www.google.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.google.com</a>"</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Concerning the first problem: I have tried changing the Registry entries at <br>
  HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http(s)\UserChoice\ <br>No luck there. I have also tried exporting and the setting using DISM but importing them back has proven to be beyond my capabilities (Basically, I ran into this problem: <a href="https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d5fad871-8f5e-4c74-abaf-627809f8844b/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d5fad871-8f5e-4c74-abaf-627809f8844b/</a> I cannot programatically change the settings for an existing user) <p>
  When facing the second problem, I tried searching the registry for the default site "go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p?LinkId=..." and changing the values. At one startup (After I modiffied the registry key <br>
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main <br> value "Start Page"), IE displayed a prompt to the user informing them that an external appliation wishes to change the homepage but no change actually occured. And this only happened once (even after I changed the value again to a different site)
  <p> A preferred method would be using Powershell but after googling and ripping my hair out for two days straight, I am open to any suggestions. If it makes any difference, it's a 64-bit Windows 10 Pro</p>