You’re done! From now on any link you click on will automatically open in the Chrome browser regardless of which screen you happen to be on. If you are asked “How do you want to open this type of link?”, click Google Chrome as your answer.ħ – Right-click on the Start button, then click Control Panel.Ĩ – Click Programs > Default Programs > Set your default programs.ĩ – Select Google Chrome from the list in the left-hand pane, then click Set this program as default. In the General tab, find the Search section and click Settings. To default to Google, here’s how you do it: Click the Tools icon at the far right-hand side of the browser window. It looks like three horizontal lines stacked atop one another.ĥ – Click the Make Chrome my default browser button. Google Search is installed but not set as your default search provider.
The instructions below will walk you through the process of installing Chrome (if necessary) and setting it as your default web browser in Windows 8.1 – even for the Start Screen.ġ – If you don’t already have Chrome installed on your computer, visit this page and click the Download Chrome button to download and install it.Ģ – Make sure you’re on the Desktop, then launch Chrome.ģ – Click on the Settings icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Chrome window. For the best Chrome experience on Windows 11, be sure to make Chrome default browser for any of the following file types that appear on your computer. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend that you go ahead install it now and set is as your default browser. Under each file type or link type you want to change, click the current setting. Or perhaps you haven’t even gotten around to installing Chrome at all. If you’re running Windows 8.1, you’ve probably noticed that Internet Explorer is the default web browser on the Start Screen even if you have set Google Chrome as the default on the Desktop. I managed to find the google accelerator but cannot find the search provider for IE9.(d) Browsers & Mail: Is Google beginning to fail as Search Engine Hi all It seems to me that Google is beginning to slip as a decent Search Engine - not so much because of Google itself but because of the way sites are cheating into getting themselves listed.