setting my default browser problem !!

microchipper · 05-10-2007, 08:44 AM

i use Avant Browser as my main browser in windows but the other day for some strange reason only known to me and my stella artois filled saturday night brain, I set IE as the default and now i can't find the setting in Avant to change it back, I've even tried uninstalling the browser and reinstalling in the hope it would ask if i would like to set it as default but it wont.

Now everytime i click a link in my email client(microsoft outlook) it goes through IE instead of Avant. OR could this be a Outlook setting that i have missed/changed?

subtle · 05-10-2007, 08:57 AM

Check in Internet Properties if IE is your default.
In FireFox that setting is: Tools > Options > on Main tab there is an "Always check to see if FireFox is the default browser on startup"
I never used Avant, but maybe it's in similar place...

DrCuddles · 05-10-2007, 09:16 AM

I have never used Avant Browser before it sounds like a job for the the browser's support page! or Forum

Hope you fix it

microchipper · 05-10-2007, 03:26 PM

it's ok chaps, i've fixed it now, i knew what to look for like you both suggested,- i just couldn't find the setting to change but after a visit to the avant browser forum(thanks for that by the way) i found where the setting was. happy again

web surfs up dudes

DrCuddles · 05-10-2007, 03:58 PM

Good good that your problem was resolved, we can all sleep easily tonight

05-10-2007, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
microchipper banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sussex, UK Age: 30 Posts: 264	setting my default browser problem !! i use Avant Browser as my main browser in windows but the other day for some strange reason only known to me and my stella artois filled saturday night brain, I set IE as the default and now i can't find the setting in Avant to change it back, I've even tried uninstalling the browser and reinstalling in the hope it would ask if i would like to set it as default but it wont. Now everytime i click a link in my email client(microsoft outlook) it goes through IE instead of Avant. OR could this be a Outlook setting that i have missed/changed?

05-10-2007, 09:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
DrCuddles Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 18 Posts: 707	I have never used Avant Browser before it sounds like a job for the the browser's support page! or Forum Hope you fix it __________________ OS: Windows XP DISP: 2 Dell Monitors 19" and 17" MOBO: Nvidia 650 SLI Chipset ATX CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 4MB Cache Dual Core x64 Processor RAM: 5GB DDR2 800MHz Ram GFX: Dual nVidia 8600GT 512MB PCI-E Graphics Running In SLI Mode DRIVE: 18x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner Part of [CF]CoD4 Clan: Forum - [CF]DrCuddles

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DrCuddles Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 18 Posts: 707	Good good that your problem was resolved, we can all sleep easily tonight __________________ OS: Windows XP DISP: 2 Dell Monitors 19" and 17" MOBO: Nvidia 650 SLI Chipset ATX CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 4MB Cache Dual Core x64 Processor RAM: 5GB DDR2 800MHz Ram GFX: Dual nVidia 8600GT 512MB PCI-E Graphics Running In SLI Mode DRIVE: 18x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner Part of [CF]CoD4 Clan: Forum - [CF]DrCuddles

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05-10-2007, 08:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
subtle Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 699	Check in Internet Properties if IE is your default. In FireFox that setting is: Tools > Options > on Main tab there is an "Always check to see if FireFox is the default browser on startup" I never used Avant, but maybe it's in similar place...

05-10-2007, 03:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
microchipper banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sussex, UK Age: 30 Posts: 264	it's ok chaps, i've fixed it now, i knew what to look for like you both suggested,- i just couldn't find the setting to change but after a visit to the avant browser forum(thanks for that by the way) i found where the setting was. happy again web surfs up dudes