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Change the Default Browser in Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Web Developer

By steve on February 19, 2007.
Updated on January 22, 2012.
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Normally when working on a website in Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Web Developer, pressing Ctrl-F5 will open a browser to preview the website.

However, you might want to use a different browser. Or if you are targeting a specific screen resolution, you can also set that.

First, right click a web page in solution explorer and select "Browse with..."

Click your desired browser and then "Set as Default"

If your desired browser isn't listed, click Add and navigate to the executable file

If your desired browser isn't listed, click Add and navigate to the executable file

Select your target screen resolution as follows

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User Comments (3)

Posted 2007 Oct 14 21:13 PM. reply
Thank you

Tran Ba
Posted 2007 Dec 19 13:27 PM. reply
Thank you so much!!!!

Manguel
Posted 2008 Oct 17 02:19 AM. reply
Thanks, it help me a lot.

Kiran
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