

#SET GOOGLE AS DEFAULT BROWSER ON GOOGLE CHROME WINDOWS 7#
Within a few seconds, Windows 7 will open a list of applications candidate to be the default of one sort or the other.In the window that opens, click on " Set your default programs".Open the start menu, and type " default program" in the search field then, click on the " Default Programs" link listed under Control Panel.Set Chrome as default browser from the Control Panelįollow these steps to use the Control Panel instead: As a final test, open the Windows 7 start menu, and type a web address (URL), like " and hit Enter: the Google homepage should have loaded inside a new window or tab inside Chrome!.Your Options dialog will now look like the screenshot below, which will always be the case as long as Google Chrome is currently your default browser (an easy way to check if this still is the case).

Click on that button, and Windows 7 will display the UAC prompt to confirm that this is indeed your choice, and upon confirmation will set Chrome as your default browser.If you currently have another browser set as default, Chrome will say: " Google Chrome is not currently your default browser", and display a "Make Google Chrome my default browser" button right below.Look at the very bottom of the tab, under " Default Browser":.When the " Google Chrome Options" window has opened, select the " Basics" tab (if needed).Choose " Options" from the menu that opens.Once you are in, click on the " Gear" menu, as shown on the screenshot:.Make Google Chrome the default Windows 7 browser (from within Chrome!)įollow these steps to make Chrome the default web browser:
