Comments on: Change Default Browser

By: Basic Computer Information

Basic Computer Information — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:30:41 +0000

In either of them, go to the page you want to be your home page when you open the browser.

In Internet Explorer:

Click the Tools menu item at the top.
Click Internet Options. You should be on the General tab.
Top section is called Home Page. Click Use current.
Click ok at the bottom. You are done!

In Firefox:

Click the Tools menu item at the top.
Click Options. You should be on the General tab.
Top section is called Startup. Click Use current page.
Click ok at the bottom. You are done!

By: Veronica

Veronica — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:27:44 +0000

How can you change your default browser so that when you open up internet explorer or mozilla firefox it automatically displays the google search page?

By: Basic Computer Information

Basic Computer Information — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:23:22 +0000

Did IE decide it was to be the default browser when you opened it?

By: Starshines

Starshines — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:40:35 +0000

Hello!

Firefox is set as my default, I verified and even unchecked saved and went back in to set as default again, but every time I click a link in Outlook IE opens. This used to work just fine but I had to recently open IE and as always new problems arise. IE is the villain in this case which happens a lot and I avoid opening it like the plague. Any advice would be much appreciated.

By: Basic Computer Information

Basic Computer Information — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:49:25 +0000

If done correctly, a web page you open from your computer or email link going to somewhere on the web should open in the default browser you selected.

By: amanda

amanda — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:44:24 +0000

ok so we have IE but we want to change it to firefox but when you said to check the box wt does that do?I mean it just says it will tell you when it is not the default web browser but how can you change the defalt web browser?

By: L.K.Rangan

L.K.Rangan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:39:03 +0000

When I installed Firefox it took command as default Browser, thereby changing many of my file icons and downloads (HTML). When I try to set the default to IE, using the steps above [check the default box in IE/tools/prog], it soon disappears-and I think FF is the villain…Help

By: Basic Computer Information

Basic Computer Information — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:09:55 +0000

Have you looked at this page at AOL help?
AOL® Desktop Browser General Settings http://tinyurl.com/58l57d

By: Panic

Panic — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:06:57 +0000

iwant to change my browser to aol but everytime i click on aol it does not open. help me please

By: Basic Computer Information

Basic Computer Information — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:44:03 +0000

Michelle,
Did you double check if the other browsers have “Set as default browser” checked?

Maybe when you changed the default browser to IE, your change didn’t over ride the settings in the other browsers for some reason?