Changed your mind about which browser you want as your
default browser -- the browser that opens when you click on HTML files, when
you type an URL into the Windows "Start | Run" input box, etc.?
During the installation process, both Internet Explorer and
Netscape Navigator browsers will ask whether you want them to be your default
browser. Here's how you could change the default browser once a browser is
installed on the system:
Internet Explorer: 6.x, 5.x, 4.x
Mozilla: Firefox 1.x, Firebird 0.x, Mozilla 1.x
Netscpae: 7.x, 4.x
Opera: 7.x
Internet Explorer 6.x and 5.x:
Select
""Tools | Internet Options"" from the main menu in
Explorer.
Change to the
""Programs"" tab.
Check the
""Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default
browser"" option.
Click
""OK"".
Close all Explorer
windows and restart the system. Once the system comes back up, restart
Explorer.
When the
""Would you like to make [Internet Explorer] your default
browser?"" prompt appears, click ""Yes"" to make
Explorer the default browser.
Internet Explorer 4.x:
Select
""View | Internet Options"" from the main menu in Explorer.
Change to the
""Programs"" tab.
Check the
""Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default
browser"" option.
Click
""OK"".
Close all Explorer
windows and restart the system. Once the system comes back up, restart
Explorer.
When the
""Would you like to make [Internet Explorer] your default
browser?"" prompt appears, click ""Yes"" to make
Explorer the default browser.
Mozilla 1.x:
Select
""Edit | Preferences"" from the main menu in Mozilla.
Change to the
""Navigator"" tab/section.
Click the
""Set Default Browser"" button.
Click
""OK"".
Close all Mozilla
windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart Mozilla.
Mozilla Firefox 1.x:
Select
""Tools | Options"" from the main menu in Firefox.
Change to the
""General"" tab/section.
Check the
""Firefox should check to see if it is the default browser when
starting"" option.
Click
""OK"".
Close all Firefox
windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart Firefox.
When the
""Would you like to make [Firefox] your default browser?""
prompt appears, click ""Yes"" to make Firefox the default
browser.
Mozilla Firebird 0.x:
Select
""Tools | Options"" from the main menu in Firebird.
Change to the
""General"" tab/section.
Click the
""Set Default Browser"" button.
Click
""OK"".
Close all Firebird
windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart Firebird.
Netscape 7.x:
Select
""Edit | Preferences"" from the main menu in Netscape.
Change to the
""Navigator"" tab/section.
Click the
""Set Default Browser"" button.
Click
""OK"".
Close all Netscape
windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart Netscape.
When the
""Netscape 7.x is not currently set as your default browser. Would
you like to make it your default browser?"" prompt appears, click
""Yes"" to make Netscape the default browser.
Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.x:
Open the prefs.js
file located in [Communicator installation directory]\users\[profile name] (for
example: C:\Program Files\Netscape\users\prefs.js) using a text editor.
Make sure that the
following line exists and has the value false. If it does not exist, insert it
at the end of the file.
user_pref("browser.wfe.ignore_def_check", false);
Save changes to
the file and close it.
Close all
Communicator windows and restart it.
When the
""Would you like to make [Communicator] your default
browser?"" prompt appears, click ""Yes"" to make
Communicator the default browser.
Opera 7.x:
Select
""File | Preferences"" from the main menu in Opera.
Change to the
""Default Application"" tab.
Check the
""Check if Opera is default browser on startup"" option.
Click
""OK"".
Close all Opera
windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart Opera.
When the
""Would you like to use Opera as your default application for viewing
web pages?"" prompt appears, click ""Yes"" to
make Opera the default browser.
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