During the installation process, all browsers "Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera" will ask whether you want them to be your default browser or not.
Here i am providing how you could change the default browser once a browser is installed on your system:
Internet Explorer:
- Select “
Tools | Internet Options
” from the main menu in Explorer.
- Change to the “
Programs
” tab.
- Check the “
Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser
”
option.
- Click “
OK
“.
- Close all Explorer windows and restart the system. Once the system comes back up,
restart Explorer.
- When the “
Would you like to make [Internet Explorer] your default browser?
”
prompt appears, click “Yes
” to make Explorer the default browser.
Mozilla:
- Select “
Edit | Preferences
” from the main menu in Mozilla.
- Change to the “
Navigator
” tab/section.
- Click the “
Set Default Browser
” button.
- Click “
OK
“
- Close all Mozilla windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart
Mozilla.
Firefox:
- Select “
Tools | Options
” from the main menu in Firefox.
- Change to the “
General
” tab/section.
- Check the “
Firefox should check to see if it is the default browser when starting
”
option.
- Click “
OK
“
- Close all Firefox windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart
Firefox.
- When the “
Would you like to make [Firefox] your default browser?
” prompt
appears, click “Yes
” to make Firefox the default browser.
Firebird:
- Select “
Tools | Options
” from the main menu in Firebird.
- Change to the “
General
” tab/section.
- Click the “
Set Default Browser
” button.
- Click “
OK
“
- Close all Firebird windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart
Firebird.
Netscape:
- Select “
Edit | Preferences
” from the main menu in Netscape.
- Change to the “
Navigator
” tab/section.
- Click the “
Set Default Browser
” button.
- Click “
OK
“
- Close all Netscape windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart
Netscape.
- When the “
Netscape 7.x is not currently set as your default browser. Would you
like to make it your default browser?
” prompt appears, click “Yes
” to
make Netscape the default browser.
Opera:
- Select "
File | Preferences
" from the main menu in Opera.
- Change to the "
Default Application
" tab.
- Check the "
Check if Opera is default browser on startup
" option.
- Click "
OK
"
- Close all Opera windows (for best results, restart the system). Finally, restart
Opera.
- When the "
Would you like to use Opera as your default application for viewing
web pages?
" prompt appears, click "Yes
" to make Opera the default browser.