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"Continue with Google" opens nothing on Windows — and it's not the browser, the app, or your account

TL;DR: A desktop app's "Sign in with Google" button silently did nothing — the browser never opened. After a long hunt it turned out Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) had registered Google's sign-in domains (accounts.google.com, etc.) as "App URI Handlers" ("Apps for websites"), so Windows routed every shell-opened google.com link to a crashing Android app instead of the browser. It affected every browser and every app that opens Google login via the OS. Fix: remove the hijacking association (uninstall/repair WSA, or disable App URI Handlers) and reboot.

This write-up documents the symptom, the full diagnostic journey (including the wrong turns, because they're instructive), the root cause, the fix, and a reusable playbook so you can diagnose "a URL opens the wrong app / nothing" in minutes next time.

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Symptoms

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OnePlus 6T (T-Mobile) — End-to-End: Unbrick → Convert to International → Flash LineageOS

⚠️ Big warnings (read once):

• This process wipes all data.
• Use the exact OnePlus 6T packages (codename fajita). OnePlus 6 is enchilada (different).
• Don’t boot into Android between certain flashing steps unless the step explicitly says to.
• Keep the phone plugged into a stable USB port (avoid flaky hubs/cables).

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Setup Steps:

• Install this extension first: Referer Manager
• Add the following settings
• Install the UserScript below using TamperMonkey
• Now the webpage should show a button to view the private video like so
• Done!

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import { UserTokens } from "../models/player";
import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from "../store/hooks";
import {
  NotificationService,
  PushNotificationPayload,
} from "../services/notification-service";
import { authActions, authThunks } from "../store/slices/auth";
import { config } from "../constants/config";
import * as SecureStore from "expo-secure-store";
import axios from "axios";

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using System.Collections.Generic;
using Photon.Pun;
using Photon.Realtime;
using TMPro;
using UnityEngine;
using System.Linq;

namespace Lobby.Scripts
{
    public class Launcher : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks

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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using UnityEngine.Serialization;

public class HudManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public List<HudInfo> huds = new List<HudInfo>();

    public Transform localPlayer = null;

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using _Project.Scripts.Utils;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Serialization;
using Random = UnityEngine.Random;

namespace _Project.Scripts
{