XCLN: How to Change the Web Browser Association (148748)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client 4.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client 5.0
  • Microsoft Outlook 97 8.0
  • Microsoft Outlook 97 8.01
  • Microsoft Outlook 97 8.02
  • Microsoft Outlook 97 8.03
This article was previously published under Q148748

SYMPTOMS

In Windows 3.x and Windows NT, when the Microsoft Exchange or Outlook client is installed, the Internet Explorer is assigned as the WEB Browser by default.

In Windows 95, when the Microsoft Exchange or Outlook client is installed, it will use the most-recently installed Win32 Web Browser.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

To change the Web Browser that launches when embedded URLs are activated, follow these steps:

In Windows 95:

NOTE: For this to work, you must already have a Windows 95-compatible Browser installed such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Gold.
  1. Close any Web Browsers that may be running.
  2. Open Start/Settings/Control Panel/View/Options/File Types.
  3. Select URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol, and click the Edit button.
  4. Under Actions, select open, and click the Edit button.
  5. In the "Application used to perform action:" box, click the Browse button, and locate the Browser that you want to launch.
  6. When you next launch an embedded URL from inside Microsoft Exchange, you will be prompted to select this viewer as your default viewer; click Yes. This now will become the default Web Browser for all URL-linked applications including FTP, Mailto, News, and so on.
CAUTION: By saying No to making this your default browser you may experience problems with some URLs.

In Windows 3.x:

NOTE: For this to work, you must already have a Windows 3.x-compatible Browser installed such as Internet Explorer or Netscape.

For information on how to do this, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and the README.WRI file that is located on the Microsoft Exchange Client Software CD-ROM:

147359 XCLN W16: URL Problems with the Windows 16-bit Exchange Client

In Windows NT:

NOTE: For this to work, you must already have a Windows NT-compatible Browser installed such as Internet Explorer or Netscape.

CAUTION: This involves Editing the client systems Registry, proceed only after you are certain that you understand the steps to be completed.

After you have installed the Microsoft Exchange NT Client, you will need to edit the Registry if you are not going to use Internet Explorer, which is the default.

Using REGEDT32.EXE open: 
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on local machine
       SOFTWARE
           Microsoft
              Exchange
               Client
                     Options
                         Browser : REG_SZ : "insert path to your browser"
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:KB148748
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