How to make Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla or Opera your default browser

Do you want to change the browser you want as your default browser. The one that automatically opens up when you start to surf the web. Here's how you do it.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Computer

1. For Internet Explorer 4.x, 6.x and 5.x:
   
   * Select "Tools", then "Internet Options" from the main menu in Explorer.
   
   * Change to the "Programs" tab.
   
   * Check the "Internet Explorer and see whether if it is the default browser" option.
   
   * Then Click "OK".
   
   * Close all Explorer windows and restart the system. Once the system comes back up, restart Explorer.
   
   * When the "Would you like to make Internet Explorer your default browser?" shows on your screen simply click "Yes".
2. For Mozilla 1.x:
   
   * Select "Edit", then "Preferences" from the main menu in Mozilla.
   
   * Change to the "Navigator" tab/section.
   
   * Click the "Set Default Browser" button.
   
   * Click "OK".
   
   * Close all Mozilla windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart Mozilla.
3. For Mozilla Firefox 1.x it is a little different:
   
   * Select "Tools", the "Options" from the main menu in Firefox.
   
   * Change to the "General" tab/section.
   
   * Check the "Firefox should check to see if it is the default browser when starting" option.
   
   * Click "OK".
   
   * Close all Firefox windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart Firefox.
   
   * When the "Would you like to make [Firefox] your default browser?" prompt appears, click "Yes" to make Firefox the default browser.
4. For Netscape 7.x:
   
   * Select "Edit", the "Preferences" from the main menu in Netscape.
   
   * Change to the "Navigator" tab/section.
   
   * Click the "Set Default Browser" button.
   
   * Click "OK".
   
   * Close all Netscape windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart Netscape.
   
   * When the "Netscape 7.x is not currently set as your default browser. Would you like to make it your default browser?" prompt appears, click "Yes" to make Netscape the default browser.
5. For Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.x:
   
   * Open the prefs.js file located in [Communicator installation directory]\users\[profile name] (for example: C:\Program Files\Netscape\users\prefs.js) using a text editor.
   
   * Make sure that the following line exists and has the value false. If it does not exist, insert it at the end of the file.
   
   user_pref("browser.wfe.ignore_def_check", false);
   
   * Save changes to the file and close it.
   
   * Close all Communicator windows and restart it.
   
   * When the "Would you like to make [Communicator] your default browser?" prompt appears, click "Yes" to make Communicator the default browser.
6. For Opera 7.x:
   
   * Select "File", then "Preferences" from the main menu in Opera.
   
   * Change to the "Default Application" tab.
   
   * Check the "Check if Opera is default browser on startup" option.
   
   * Click "OK".
   
   * Close all Opera windows and then restart. Finally, restart Opera.
   
   * When the "Would you like to use Opera as your default application for viewing web pages?" prompt appears, click "Yes" to make Opera the default browser.