{"id":49213,"date":"2014-09-03T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=49213"},"modified":"2014-09-03T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:16:04","slug":"set-default-browser-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/set-default-browser-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Default Browser for Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to set the Windows 8 default browser. –PC Pitstop<\/i><\/p>\n

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Set Default Browser for Windows 8<\/h4>\n

By Dave Taylor<\/p>\n

I have a new HP Elitepad running Windows 8.1 and it\u2019s great, but I can\u2019t figure out how to switch my default Web browser back to Internet Explorer 11 from Chrome?<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the big things to get used to with Windows 8 is that the search feature is now super useful (curiously, that same change in user behavior is also true for the next version of Mac OS X Yosemite, with its beefed up Spotlight feature). One big reason for this is because help information is now included in the search results so your query for \u201cdefault program\u201d can now match a tutorial on how to set your default program, not just look for files with a matching name.<\/p>\n

Which is to say that Win8 and Win8.1 users should be trying a few queries to the search \u201ccharm\u201d before they do a Google search or YouTube search for the answer. There really is a huge collection of useful tutorial info!<\/p>\n

In this case, I\u2019m guessing that you downloaded Google Chrome and the first time you launched the program it then asked if you wanted to switch it to be your default Web browser. I think a lot of users make changes and are then surprised when a click in an email message launches that new browser, not the regular one you\u2019re used to. And credit where it\u2019s due, Internet Explorer 11 does have some neat tricks up its proverbial sleeve for touchscreen-based Windows 8 users.<\/p>\n


\nSo let\u2019s jump into the solution!–Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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This post is excerpted with permission from Dave Taylor.<\/p>\n

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