To configure Internet Explorer as your default Web browser, start Internet Explorer, and then click Yes when the following message is displayed:
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Internet Explorer is not currently your default browser. Would you like to make it your default browser?
By default, Internet Explorer verifies if it is the default browser each time it starts. If Internet document (HTML) files are associated with a different browser when Internet Explorer starts, Internet Explorer recognizes that it is not the default browser and prompts you to make it the default browser.
To manually configure Internet Explorer as the default browser, use the steps in one of the following sections, depending upon your version of Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer 2.x
1. Start Internet Explorer. On the View menu, click Options.
2. Click the Advanced tab and click to select the On startup, perform check for default browser check box.
3. Click OK.
4. Quit and re-start Internet Explorer. Then when you are prompted to make it the default browser, click Yes.
Internet Explorer 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
1. Open Control Panel and double-click Internet Options.
2. Click the Programs tab.
3. Click to select the Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser check box.
4. Click OK.
5. Start Internet Explorer and when you are prompted to make it the default browser, click Yes.