How can i which is the default browser in my system programatically. the codes must be developed using vc++ Is there any API for this
Where in the registry is the default browser value changed can somebody help me out.
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A:
you can find the default browser in the registry
ie for windows xp is located at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\
edit: Actually the same applies for Vista as well.
Konstantinos
2009-04-09 07:50:32
Instead of this check out thisHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \FileExts\.html\UserChoice this gives the default browser in the machine
subbu
2009-04-09 09:17:14
sabbu: this does not necessarily give you the default browser only the default program for opening html files. On my machine ultraedit is the default for htmlfiles.
Qwark
2009-10-13 07:38:42
You can get the name of the default browser from "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet" and look up the commandline from the HKLM key
fmuecke
2010-10-07 09:48:16
A:
Read the default value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet
and optionally check
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\XXX\shell\open\command
where XXX is that value picked up from the first key
Stijn Sanders
2009-04-09 07:50:35
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \FileExts\.html\UserChoice
subbu
2009-04-09 09:18:09
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A:
You normally do not need to know this. ShellExecute(0,0,"http://stackoverflow.com",0,0,SW_SHOWNORMAL); will do the trick. Windows will spot the http:// and figure out from there that you want to open a URL. The "default" webbrowser is pretty much defined as the webbrowser used by Windows for this task.
It's not just http:// which is supported. ShellExecute can start the default webbrowser with https:// URLs as well. For mailto: URLs, it starts the default mail client.
MSalters
2009-04-10 11:55:46