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Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser

I have been using Visual Studio 2005 recently on a machine that I didn't set up. The machine when I arrived was configured to use Firefox as the default browser - I like Firefox just the performance testing that I needed to do had to use IE.

How can you change it? I searched the project/solution settings then I searched the IDE settings and finally, the registry. i found the answer here. In essence, right click the default.htm page and choose "Browse With"; you are then presented with a menu of installed browsers and can set the default.

In case any one wants to suggest it, uninstalling Firefox does not work as the IDE only reads the default browser at install time, and at no time after that!!!!

posted on Wednesday, March 08, 2006 3:28 PM

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# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 3/20/2006 4:20 PM Martin Rios

First, sorry about my english...

I was have the same issue and i was searching for help on the Web, so i find the solution here

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/11/18/430943.aspx

Check this out for the answer....

Martin.

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 3/20/2006 4:49 PM Matt

Thanks for that - it lloks like the same solution. Good to see that the word is getting around - it wasn't obvious to me how to change it.

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 5/6/2006 5:56 AM rosdi

Thanks for the tip, I love firefox but slow startup time makes it a pain to use firefox as the default browser. I now set internal web browser as the default and my debugging cycle is much faster.

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 8/3/2006 11:57 PM ms

thanks for the great solution, I am sufering for a long time with this problem.

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 8/17/2006 1:32 AM MS Bob

Wow thanks very much! Odd it isn't in the IDE or Solution settings!! Thank you.

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 11/3/2006 9:11 AM Ajay Parikh

I have the same problem ,Thanks for the solution

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 2/26/2007 2:34 PM coalvilledave

Also the website admin tool doesn't render correctly in firefox, which sucks.

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 11/16/2007 5:53 AM M.S. Babaei

cool, thanks for your solution...

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 12/12/2007 3:10 PM Aniket

Thanks a lot for the tip. It worked for me.
Live long life..

Aniket

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 2/17/2008 10:32 PM Jon

Cheers ;)

# re: Visual Studio 2005 Default Browser 6/11/2008 10:32 AM Rob

Great tip been annoying me for a good day or two!

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