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GPO to set Internet Explorer as Default Browser
I recently had a browser incompatibility for a web application that many users need. As a work around I had them use firefox while I troubleshooted IE.
Now that I have IE sorted out, I want to force IE back as the default browser for all users.
I found that I can set each file extension (.url . html, etc) under user > Pref> Control Panel > Folder Options
This seems to work fine after some basic testing. It does not though, change the actual "Default Program" back to IE. So any desktop shortcuts still have a firefox icon and I'm sure I will run into other issues further down the road this way.
Is there a better way to do this besides by just file extenstion?
My domain controllers are server 2012 R2 and the workstations are windows 7 pro with Internet Explorer 11
Now that I have IE sorted out, I want to force IE back as the default browser for all users.
I found that I can set each file extension (.url . html, etc) under user > Pref> Control Panel > Folder Options
This seems to work fine after some basic testing. It does not though, change the actual "Default Program" back to IE. So any desktop shortcuts still have a firefox icon and I'm sure I will run into other issues further down the road this way.
Is there a better way to do this besides by just file extenstion?
My domain controllers are server 2012 R2 and the workstations are windows 7 pro with Internet Explorer 11
McKnife
Choosing IE as default browser adjusts all file types and nothing else. You need to do ALL of them and all will be ok.
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Thanks for all of the info.
I added entries for all possible file extensions for browsers but not all are applying. I see this in the windows application log:
Source: Group Policy Folder Options Event ID: 4098
The user 'htm' preference item in the 'IE Default Browser {837E4BF2-B788-4659-8FE0-2
The ones that are not applying are: htm html xht and xhtml
Ive tried setting the gpo as 'update' as well as 'replace'
I added entries for all possible file extensions for browsers but not all are applying. I see this in the windows application log:
Source: Group Policy Folder Options Event ID: 4098
The user 'htm' preference item in the 'IE Default Browser {837E4BF2-B788-4659-8FE0-2
The ones that are not applying are: htm html xht and xhtml
Ive tried setting the gpo as 'update' as well as 'replace'
"Credit goes to McKnife....!!! " - or so it seemed... ;-)
bts86, you can do this using logon scripts, also. Simply use reg.exe to manipulate the registry.
bts86, you can do this using logon scripts, also. Simply use reg.exe to manipulate the registry.