Default Browser?

pcmattman · Post by **pcmattman** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:25 am

I've written a web browser that I plan on keeping (better than IE imho). How can I make it the default browser instead of IE and how do I register it as a browser?

AJ · Post by AJ » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:41 am

Hi,

Try http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/01/c/.

This states that there is no registry key that sets the default browser. I'm not so sure though....

Adam

Solar · Post by **Solar** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:21 am

Depending on what you consider "setting as default browser", it could be sufficient to go to Folder Options / File Types, editing the "Open" action for e.g. .html files.

JoeKayzA · Post by **JoeKayzA** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:18 am

I just discovered that there is a key "HKLM\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet". In my case it contains two subkeys: iexplore.exe and firefox.exe. These are exactly those two that appear in the system configuration (when setting the default browser). So to register your browser, it might work to add a subkey there. I didn't find a key that identifies the default browser, though.

cheers
Joe