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lisaricho
Hi,
I've been trying for ages to get Internet Explorer to be the default
browser again, and finally found a solution which I thought I'd share
with everyone.
My problem started when I set Firefox to be my default browser to try
and fix an icon display problem (that's a whole other issue). I then
opened internet explorer, expecting to get a message box saying
"internet explorer is not currently your default browser, would you
like to make it your default browser?" - but this message never
appeared.
So first I checked Tools > Internet Options > Programs and made sure
that the checkbox "Internet explorer should check to see whether it is
the default browser" was ticked, and it was. I tried unticking it,
ticking it again, closing my browser and reopening, restarting my
computer, none of this made any difference.
I then tried the solution from "Ramesh's site"
(http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/nopromptdefault.htm) which involves
editing the registry and apparently works for most people, but this
didn't work for me either.
So then I thought, what about if I reset the web settings? Sounds like
a pain, but I was almost at the point of re-installing internet
explorer, I was so fed up. And guess what, it worked!! Here's the step
by step instructions:
1. Open internet explorer (make sure only one window of IE is open)
2. Select Tools > Internet Options > Programs
3. Click the "Reset Web Settings..." button
4. It will ask you to reset your home page - You don't have say yes
5. Close Internet Explorer
6. Try opening an internet shortcut - IE will magically be your default
browser again.
It turns out this button doesn't even reset all your internet explorer
defaults, I think it just resets options on the "Programs" tab, so a
very simple solution!
Hope this helps other people as frustrated as me by this problem.
Lisa
I've been trying for ages to get Internet Explorer to be the default
browser again, and finally found a solution which I thought I'd share
with everyone.
My problem started when I set Firefox to be my default browser to try
and fix an icon display problem (that's a whole other issue). I then
opened internet explorer, expecting to get a message box saying
"internet explorer is not currently your default browser, would you
like to make it your default browser?" - but this message never
appeared.
So first I checked Tools > Internet Options > Programs and made sure
that the checkbox "Internet explorer should check to see whether it is
the default browser" was ticked, and it was. I tried unticking it,
ticking it again, closing my browser and reopening, restarting my
computer, none of this made any difference.
I then tried the solution from "Ramesh's site"
(http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/nopromptdefault.htm) which involves
editing the registry and apparently works for most people, but this
didn't work for me either.
So then I thought, what about if I reset the web settings? Sounds like
a pain, but I was almost at the point of re-installing internet
explorer, I was so fed up. And guess what, it worked!! Here's the step
by step instructions:
1. Open internet explorer (make sure only one window of IE is open)
2. Select Tools > Internet Options > Programs
3. Click the "Reset Web Settings..." button
4. It will ask you to reset your home page - You don't have say yes
5. Close Internet Explorer
6. Try opening an internet shortcut - IE will magically be your default
browser again.
It turns out this button doesn't even reset all your internet explorer
defaults, I think it just resets options on the "Programs" tab, so a
very simple solution!
Hope this helps other people as frustrated as me by this problem.
Lisa