Conservative. Idaho. Software engineer. Historian. Trying to prevent Idiocracy from becoming a documentary.
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Don't try to set it in the Registry, because that's the wrong way to do it, and it won't work under Windows 10 anyway. (Microsoft now detects that kind of thing and reverts it, because apps were too aggressive in changing default applications without asking the user.)
As a couple of commenters mentioned, the right way to do it in Windows 10 is via the Settings app.
It must be in system setting somewhere.
ReplyDeleteYou can open the browser that you want to be the default and make it so in that browser's settings, but I don't know where Windows stores the default.
For one thing, it depends on your OS- Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Linux.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone runs Windoze. I don't except when I have to, because MacOS is far superior (for one thing, it's Unix underneath).
Shouldn't that be Default Programs under Settings?
ReplyDeleteFor Windows, I'd recommend googling "windows default browser registry key"
ReplyDeleteIn Windows10 Settings > Apps > Default Apps. Go to the browser setting and pick the one you want.
ReplyDeletehttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028606/windows-10-change-your-default-browser
ReplyDeleteI don't think that's all that hard to find, really.
Might just be that it's VERY different from the old "this is in internet settings!" way.
More unified and has fine internal logic, but different.
Settings ==> Apps ==> Default apps ==> Web browser
ReplyDeleteDon't try to set it in the Registry, because that's the wrong way to do it, and it won't work under Windows 10 anyway. (Microsoft now detects that kind of thing and reverts it, because apps were too aggressive in changing default applications without asking the user.)
ReplyDeleteAs a couple of commenters mentioned, the right way to do it in Windows 10 is via the Settings app.
Apologies, but Clayton didn't ask how to change the default browser; he asked for what determines it.
ReplyDeleteWhat determines it is user action in the Settings application.
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