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Support Bing redirect URLs

If you open a search result from Windows Search bar (with Edge deflector), it will not open the result directly, but rather it will open Bing with an URL that won't do anything, except for redirecting you to what you have originally opened. I suppose this is how Microsoft tracks what sites you have visited through taskbar searches.

Because these redirect URLs also include the searched terms, the extension previously would have simply searched the same thing with your preferred search engine, instead of opening the result you have clicked in the taskbar search menu.

An example: Redirect URL: https://www.bing.com/WS/redirect/?q=google&url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nb29nbGUuY29tLw==&form=WSBSTK&cvid=54e17cf0aa58447b8139907942544167&rtk=tsHRrEoiqjauE8JOchXmJvid%2FYPVnqJPPHPdX1b84ygWLQgQmyo3%2Fdpdv66c5Lw7 Expected site: https://www.google.com/

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