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A default browser is the web browser that is launched whenever a url link is clicked in an application.

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'xdg-open' does not open the default browser

I have the following scenario: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) machine with Firefox and Google Chrome installed, Chrome being my default browser. I check these actions in the shell: cat /usr/share/applications/defaults.list cat /etc/mailcap cat…
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Unable to set Chrome as default web browser in OS X

On my Mac (Catalina Version 10.15.5), I'm not able to change my default browser to Google Chrome. When I go to Settings -> General, under Default Web Browser, I only see options for Safari and Firefox. When I open my Chrome settings and click on…
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Expo: Default browser for expo start

Is there a way to change the browser in which the Expo interface (http://localhost:19002/) opens after expo start? My default browser is Firefox, which I use for my private life. My work and coding browser is Chrome. Is there a way to tell Expo to…
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How do I set the default browser for xdg-open on Centos 7 if xdg-settings has no desktop environment

There are many questions similar to mine (e.g. xdg-open not open default browser or xdgutils - xdg-settings not setting default-web-browser in gentoo, but none of the answers helped in my case. Therefor I ask for my particular situation: On Centos…
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PyQt: How to load a url from a menu item

I have a main window with some buttons and a plot. I added a file menu, using Qt Designer. Now, if I run my app, everything is good and I can see a typical menu bar. The problem is, I want to click on the menu bar and perform an action - I want to…
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How to set program.exe as a default browser in Windows 10?

I need to set my program.exe as a default browser in Windows 10. I can't find the way how to do that. Even with regedit. Please give some advice how to do that? Thanks!
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How to set the default browser to my application?

I have made a program to handle http links. How do I set the default browser to my exe? I only need to change the http protocol, not file associations. I have already setup command line argument handling. I do not want to use a .reg file since it…
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Windows error while running powershell script to set chrome as default browser

$browserPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" $browserKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\ChromeHTML\shell\open\command\" Set-ItemProperty -Path $browserKey -Name "(Default)" -Value $browserPath This PowerShell script…
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Can we check Current Default browser in iOS programatically?

I am developing a browser-based application and had applied for default browser entitlements. I have received the provisioning entitlements from Apple and I am able to successfully set my app as the Default Browser. However, i am unable to determine…
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Open link in default browser with window.open and set window size from webView in cocoa

I have a button in my webView, which does the following: myButton.onClick = function(){ window.open("http://myURL.com",'about:blank','Popup_Window','width:200,height:200'); } Basically it just tries to open another window. I catch this click in…
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Cannot open Swagger API in browser

I am trying to set up Swagger in a VM/Vagrant box. What I have done is below. i. Port Forwarding using Vagrantfile dev.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3000, host: 3000, host_ip: "127.0.0.1", auto_correct: true ii. Swagger configuration in a…
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How to change the browser for accessing git help pages?

The problem is that whenever I'm trying to use git help pages, it is showing me the following error: Suyash@BaazWorkstation MINGW64 ~/Desktop/Git (master) $ git help log /usr/bin/start: line 8: cmd: command not found fatal: 'web--browse' appears to…
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Is it possible to change my default browser (lynx) on a remote server (Linux RedHat 4.4.7-17)? (Plotting in Julia using Gadfly)

I'm using julia and gadfly to draw some plots on a remote server (connected through Putty) and the plots are supposed to open in my default server. They open in lynx, and so don't look like anything really. I'm presuming lynx is the default browser…
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WPF WebBrowser - open links in default browser

I am using a WPF System.Windows.Controls.WebBrowser control to show some HTML content that is downloaded from a service. Sometimes the HTML contains URLs ("a" elements) that should be clickable. By default, when such an URL is clicked it opens in…
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How to open HTML file with default browser and delete it after user viewed it?

I try to open temporary HTML file with default browser and delete the file then: var tempFileName = Path.ChangeExtension(Path.GetTempFileName(), "html"); // I save document to temp file here... Process process = null; …
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