How to change the default browser to debug in Visual Studio 2008?

Question

When you hit F5, the browser windows pops up, how do you set which browser the debugger users in Visual Studio 2008?

NB. I have looked for the 'Browse with' option and not found it. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/79954/visual-studio-opens-default-browser-instead-of-ie

NB2. If you are already debugging you dont have the 'Browse with' option. - Stop debugging and then its there!

Answer 1

If you use MVC, you don't have this menu (no "Browse With..." menu)

Create first a normal ASP.NET web site.

Answer 2

To permanently make Visual Studio open a project in IE without changing the default browser you can do the following:

Project Properties -> Web -> Start Action

Start external program: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe Command line arguments: Enter the url of the path to your start page ie http:\localhost\myproject\default.aspx

This won't allow you to debug client side script in Visual Studio though.

Answer 3

If you use ASP-NET MVC, you need to right-click on Default.ASPX which will have a Browse With menu.

Answer 4

ASP.NET projects:

• Right click a webpage (.aspx, or on a folder)
• Select Browse With...
• Choose your browser
• Click Set as Default
• Click Browse

ASP.NET MVC 1 projects:

Right click Default.aspx, then follow steps above.

ASP.NET MVC 2 projects:

As there is no Default.aspx, you need to create one of the above two project types and follow the steps above.

Answer 5

If you are using MVC 2 you do not need to create another project, just add component -> webform to the project then: * Right click the webform * Select Browse With... * Choose your browser * Click Set as Default * Delete the webform

Answer 6

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