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[Solved] Default browser when clicking hyperlinks
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:23 pm
by kitfox
When generating a hyperlink, is it possible to change the default browser to something other than IE?
Thank you
Re: default browser
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:31 pm
by aqualung
kitfox wrote:When generating a hyperlink, is it possible to change the default browser to something other than IE?
Thank you
Hello and welcome to the forum!
I believe the default browser in Windows is a system setting, not a setting performed in OOo. You would need to go into Control Panel > Internet Options to change it.
Re: default browser
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:34 pm
by TheGurkha
kitfox wrote:When generating a hyperlink, is it possible to change the default browser to something other than IE?
Thank you
If you mean can you specify in the link which browser to use to open that link, then the answer is no.
Re: default browser
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:51 pm
by kitfox
I would like to have a hyperlink open a browser other than IE. Before posting, I checked my control panel internet options and was only able to uncheck the box to tell me if IE was not the default browser (programs tab). Is there a location where I can change the browser option?
Thanks
Re: default browser
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:01 pm
by Zizi64
Do you have (is there installed) an another browser on your PC?
When you start it, it will ask: The "xyz" browser is not the default. Do you want to set it as default?
Re: default browser
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:04 pm
by kitfox
Thanks for some guidance. I found the answer! Each different browser has a question during install that asks if you want to use that browser as your default browser. Simply check yes and you are set. I also have found that in both FireFox and Chrome, there is a question in the 'tools/options' menu that asks if you want to set that browser as your default.