{"id":4411,"date":"2014-12-11T07:44:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T07:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=4411"},"modified":"2018-11-15T07:30:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T07:30:24","slug":"how-to-change-default-web-browser-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-change-default-web-browser-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Default Web Browser in Windows 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there a way to set Chrome as the default browser for all my applications? By default, Windows will launch the built-in Internet Explorer for you to access the Internet, when you click a link in an email or external application. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to change the default web browser in Windows 8.1, 8 and 7. Set Firefox, Chrome, Safari or whatever web browsers you like as the default.<\/p>\n

How to Change Default Web Browser in Windows 8 \/ 7?<\/strong><\/p>\n

First you need to open the Control Panel. In Windows 8.1\/8 you can press the Windows key + R to bring up the Power User menu and then select “Control Panel”, while navigate to Start -> Control Panel in Windows 7.<\/p>\n

Under Control Panel, set the View by<\/strong> option to Small icons<\/strong>. Click on the Default Programs<\/strong> icon.<\/p>\n

\"control-panel\"<\/p>\n

Under Default Programs, click on the Set your default programs<\/strong> link.<\/p>\n

\"set-default-programs\"<\/p>\n

You’ll see all web browsers that you’ve installed in the left-hand pane. Just select the one you want to use as default browser, and then click on the Set this program as default<\/strong> link. Click OK and you’re done!<\/p>\n

\"set-default-web-browser\"<\/p>\n

Now you’ve successfully change the default web browser that Windows will use. If you click on a link included in a Word document, email or external programs, Windows will now open the link with your favorite web browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is there a way to set Chrome as the default browser for all my applications? By default, Windows will launch the built-in Internet Explorer for you to access the Internet, when you click a link in an email or external application. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to change the default web browser in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,3,39],"tags":[2007,2006,2005],"class_list":["post-4411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-change-default-browser-in-windows","tag-change-default-web-browser","tag-set-default-web-browser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4411"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13315,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4411\/revisions\/13315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}