If you don’t see yours here, please comment below and we’ll add it. We’ll go over as many configurations as possible. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.). Windows, Mac, Linux) as well as your web browser of choice (ie.
The method you use to set your default browser is going to depend on your operating system (ie. We’re going to show you how to permanently set your web browser of choice to be your default browser in all situations. They may still pop up from time to time when you open a link within an email, or click on a desktop icon, etc. However, setting the default browser won’t by itself make the other browsers go away. While IE still comes bundled with Windows, today’s O/S’s actually give you a choice as to which browser you’d like to use. It’s up to the consumer now to choose the browser they’d like to use. In the face of antitrust litigation, that’s all changed. But what if you didn’t want to use IE? The Bundling of Windows and IE Back in the 90’s when Netscape ruled the browser world, Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer (IE) with its Windows O/S (which ruled, and still does rule, the O/S world), thereby forcing people to switch to IE for web browsing.
Why do operating systems (O/S)’s such as Microsoft Windows have to make it such a pain to successfully be able to set your default browser of choice? Well, it’s actually easier today than it used to be. To sustain this free service, we receive affiliate commissions via some of our links.
