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How to check if specific web browser (chrome, firefox, opera) is installed on system? (C++/Windows platform). Maybe this can be check in somewhere in registry?

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Like Andrey says, there is no way to detect everything

You should probably start off by looking for browser specific registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Opera Software

then move on to

<HKEY_CURRENT_USER|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet

and finally

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\HTTP and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm[l]
Anders