browsercmd.exeinternet explorerwindows
Is it possible to set Internet Explorer as the default browser to launch from the command line?
I have a web application that only runs under Internet Explorer, but if it happens that Firefox is the default browser, it doesn't work. Users are in a domain environment and even though I try to launch our application from a batch in this way:
start "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://server_ip/home_page
the application doesn't start unless I change the browser manually.
Browser Chooser 2 should do everything you need. From the site:
Browser Chooser 2 is a small tool acting as the default browser allowing you to choose what browser or other tool to open any given link in.
However, it can do a lot more. By default it gives a pop-up similar to TurnOut.NET but is far more configurable. It will let you add URLs with wildcards and regular expression matching, and automatically open it in the corresponding browser (see screenshot).
It's a beta release and a little unpolished, but it should fit the bill.
Remember: This will work great as long as the drive with Portable Apps (Firefox Portable) is connected with your laptop or computer...
EDIT: @Celeritas: well for me it's working just fine, if the account you're using in windows is guest or other restricted account then You will need to have more rights to do this. full administrator rights should get this to work, right click the extracted executable found in the zip file, and click in the menu something like "as Administrator" make sure the path to firefox portable is the correct path, it should be something like: ?:\????????\portable installs\Portable Apps\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe Where "?" is a part of your path to firefox portable in most cases it's a removable drive.. Only not working if Outlook 2013 and ZoneAlarm, Advanced System Care and other browser protection software can protect your current settings and protect your default browser settings, if installed on your system. You could try to close all outlook and other processes that protect your current settings and retry after it may be working when you're able to find out what exactly is blocking your order to make changes to default browser settings eg anti virus/anti spyware firewall etc if so you need to change in the program that protect your settings as well... I hope this will help you to the right direction, good luck hope this comment was able to help you out
Best Answer
This command will set IE as the default browser:
This policy should stop people determining the default browser.