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Help setting program as default browser -

I just programmed my first browser in visual basic 6.0. It's all done except ONE last option that I just can't figure out. How do I make my browser set itself so it's the default browser. So every time you click a link it opens my browser instead of windows explorer. Can anyone help me with that. Thanks,

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Help setting program as default browser -
I just programmed my first browser in visual basic 6.0. It's all done except ONE last option that I just can't figure out. How do I make my browser set itself so it's the default browser. So every time you click a link it opens my browser instead of windows explorer. Can anyone help me


[2008] Make my webbrowser default browser -
I made a browser called as Icy Memory Browser with tab feature. One of my question is how am i suppose to make this browser an option to be the default windows browser. And is there a code for Visual Basic to check if the browser is set as default browser at the start of the prog


[2005] Opening a link in a web browser in a vb.net program -
Hi. I have a web browser control in one of my programs and was wondering if there was any way to have links from xp open up in that webbrowser in that program such as setting it to the default web browser. Such as if I save a page or click open link in new window would it be able to op


Registry After Installation! -
I have created a WebBrowser in VB6 using the Microsoft Internet Control. Now when the browser loads for the first time, the app reads some Registry values to find out whether the browser is the default browser or not. If it is, then as usual proceed ahead & open the browser but if


Making the default browser -
I am making my own web browser. I have a problem at the step of making it the default browser. I know how to launch my web browser when clicking on htm or html files (by setting some values in the registry). But the problem is when my web browser is launched, it always goes to my home


Change default internet browser.... -
I added 'Microsoft Internet Controls' component to my VB project. I guess it use default internet browser to show pages and becaouse of that I have a problem... The html page I want to load is IE compatible. I know how to see if IE is default browser, but if it's not.... How can I s


Shelling default browser -
How would one open up a new window for a bunch of links in the default browser? I have a listbox of links, and I want to start a new browser for each of the links. It has to be in the default browser, though, not just a specific path. Help would be appreciated, and I'll give you the


Icons Behaving Eccentrically -
I have created a browser using the Web Browser control in VB6 & made it the default browser in my PC. The browser also changes the icons of HTM & HTML files when it is the default browser. But I don't know why the icons change to the generic icon (the icon that a file shows


what is the default browser... -
hi there, thank you very much for the ealier answers but my questions dont seem to have an end... anyway what i want to do is to launch the default browser on any computer and view a certain page lets say c:\index.html i tried to use webbrowser component for this. but regardless


Can u all set my browser to windows system default browser -
I build my owm web browser , and i want my own webbrowser to be the window default browser . Can any one tell me which API to set my browser to be the default browser of winfows system ? Thanks alot


How to make the default browser -
Hello, this is my fist posting in this forum. My question to you all is how to make the browser that I have build with VB the default browser. So, when I click on a url in my email program for example my own browser displays the website instead of IE. Thanks, and yes it's a gre


How can i make my browser the default browser -
I made a browser in vb and i want to use it as my default browser. Some links open in new instances of ie and i want them to load an instance of my browser instead. I am working in win98. I 've already change a key in Registry under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command


Default Internet Browser -
I am in the process of making a web browser (a fairly simple one) but i have a slight problem!? When i click on a link that opens a new window, it opens in IE not my browser! Do i have to make my browser the default browser and how do u do this? If that isn't the solution then what


Make My Browser Default -
I have created a simple web browser & want it to be the default browser i.e. associate HTML files with my browser so that whenever a HTML file is opened, it opens in my browser & not in IE. I referred to this post to first retrieve which browser is currently the default brow


[2005] Setting your application to the default browser - HELP Please! -
Hi. I have built a web browser application and was wondering if there was a way in windows to set the application that I have built to the default browser application. THANKS!


Opening a website, in default browser - is it possible -
Hey, I'm just wondering if it's possible if I can open a website in a web-browser using your default browser. VB opens in IE, but I really need it to open in Mozzila Firefox (my default browser) If this is possible, how would I be able to make it into a webbrowser in visual basics?


Registry Tweak! -
In order to make a WebBrowser (made in VB6) the default browser, the following Registry setting has to be changed to the path of where the browser resides: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\opennew\command This makes the browser the default browser but when I try


Linking -MY computer- (Explorer) & default browser setting -
Does anyone know the actual API call or registry class shortcut for "MY COMPUTER" ? Example, you click START, RUN, and type "C:\" - exlporer pops up with c:\. What is the identifier for MY COMPUTER ? Lets not get too complicated into reasoning, but lets say I wan


Call up a URL from VB! -
Hey! Ok, I want my program to start the url with the default browser. My current code starts it with Iexplore, and only does it on win2k (because of the path specified). I want it to work all platforms with the default browser. What would be the best way to do this? Thanks!


Default Browser... -
I made a web-browser which I called "SoBrowser". My default web-browser is now Internet Explorer 5.How can I set SoBrowser to be my default web-browser? P.S I dont know very much about VB so can you write me all procedure,please.


Badly Needed ASP Helppp..... -
I've tried all the way I know to set up the setting printer. Here goes the problem... I've an ASP page... Let's say a report made in ASP. Then, after loading the page, I want to print from IE browser. I choose print, but, too bad, the paper size isn't the size I want.


Invoking a default Internet browser!! -
I need help! I have figured out how to invoke IE, but I am unsure how to invoke a default browser (So Communicator will open if it happens to be the default browser). I would really appreciate any help that anyone can offer. Thanks in Advance Jono2298


[2005] Setting my program as the file to open for .XS and .XML files -
Basically, the first time my program runs, it will ask if you want to set it as the default program for .XS and .XML files, how can I do this? (The setting default program part, so when you open something it uses my program) Thanks in advance


Setting printers to default -
i can find all the printers on my network using vb code but need to be able to write code that picks up the current default printer setting and stores it then user selects the new setting and after printing has been done the old default setting automatically comes back in, im writing t


Multimedia Keyboard! -
I am using a multimedia keyboard which has additional keys to open My Computer, default mail client, increasing/decreasing the volume, playing/pausing/stopping a MP3 etc. Apart from these keys, there are additional keys which support different IE functions like refreshing a web page, g


IE7 Browser Settings -
Simplest and best way to approach setting a "default" browser settings. Heres a checklist of things to set, any direction on this one, any help is great. http://isapps.jmu.edu/tutorials/browser/#ie7 Basically hard code the thing and just run the app.


pull down menu , combo box -
i want to create a combo box that will allow me to point the default setting to an ini file. let's say the main setting is called default. Default points to whatever the ini file is pointed to. Currently, Default setting is pointing to ABC.ini file, i want Default to point to BCD.ini f


Changing a default in PowerPoint -
I've always lived with the fact that during the slide show of a PowerPoint Presentation the default setting of the arrow is Automatic which means that if you don't move the mouse in 3 seconds, the arrow disappears. To make the arrow visible all the time you have to right click during


browser set as default -
Is it possible for the user to set the browser i created as default browser on their comp without using registry editor? I don't have it. Thanks in advance..


Open web page in default browser -
Hi, I am creating a program that stores commonly accessed websites, and want to let the user click a button or some other object that will open their default browser with a URl that I specify. Anyone help? Thanks in advance.


Set my own webbrwoser as default -
Anyway to allows the web browser i created to be set as default browser similar to the way we set IE as default browser?


Make Application Default! -
I am creating a web browser using the WebBrowser control in VB6. I want my web browser to be the default web browser in the users' machine so that when a HTML file is double-clicked to open, the HTML file opens in my browser & not IE. How do I do this?


Change IE Icon! -
I want that if a user makes the web browser I have created as the default browser, the icon of all the HTML files should change from the IE icons to the icon I have used in the browser application. To do so, I changed the Default string in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command


Execute default internet browser... -
Through code, how can I execute the users' default web browser with a certain url? And while we're on the subject, anyone know where to set the default browser?


Default Web Browser -
What's the best way to find out the default web browser and shell it? For example, I want to use a "click here to purchase" link to launch IE, Netscape, or whatever and then let the browser handle whether to dial or not.


i want to create a exe file that accept parameter at run time but how can i do this -
i done a program that is detect your default browser when you run that program . it is get sender's and reciver's address by default because that is i hard coded. i made a exe file when i run this exe file then my default mail browser started with sender's and recover's address. but i


Get Default Browser! -
Using VB6, how do I find out which browser has been set as the default browser in the user's machine?


Web Browser Offline Problem -
Hello people.. Ok here is the problem im having I need to edit this value in the registry HKEY_USERS, DEFAULT, SOFTWARE, MICROSOFT, WINDOWS, INTERNET SETTINGS, GLOBALUSEROFFLINE = 1 And now I explain who,what, when,why.. sorta.. Ok Im fairly fresh into VB so I hope I can


Changing the default printer -
I need to set the default printer on the local computer from my program. I have code to find the default printer and populate a combo box of all installed printers, but I am having trouble setting the default printer from VB.


How to make (Default) registry values -
I'm having some trouble with the (Default) value in the registry. I am creating several new keys for IE for setting the websites that are allowed in the privacy setting. Whenever I create a new key it makes the key and automatically gives it a (Default) value that is a REG_SZ with a