Windows – Why don’t I have a “Make Google Chrome the default browser” button in the Chrome settings

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My Chrome settings says "Google Chrome is not currently your default browser." But there's no button that allows me to set Chrome as the default browser:

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Running Windows 7 x64. Absolutely baffled. Can't seem to find anything on Google. "Run as Administrator" doesn't change anything. IE and Firefox both have their "Make default" buttons present, so I don't think it's a network policy thing? Tried setting FireFox as the default then coming back to Chrome; still nothing.

Best Answer

Try the following.

  1. Press enter image description here key to get search box. Type default and you’ll get Default Programs as a result.
  2. Select Google Chrome and click Set this program as default. Click OK.

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