Control default internet programs

Do you have IE and Netscape installed? Both browsers check whether they are the default browser. That is, if you click on a link in an application, lets say email, then default browser will start up even if the other browser is already running. If you want Netscape to be the default browser and you want Internet Explorer to stop checking if its the default browser, you do that from Internet Options within the Control Panel. Open the Programs tab and you will see the checkbox for Internet browser should check to see whether it is the default browser.

Internet Options Programs tab also lets you select which programs Windows will use for default

HTML editor
E-mail program
Newsgroup program
Internet call program
Calendar
Contact tool

When you check the pulldowns, there will be nothing there but the defaults unless you have installed a program which registers itself for the task. For example, if you install the full Outlook, it will show up in the pulldowns for email and newsgroup programs. I installed Ultraedit and it set itself as my default editor. The pulldown then had the options of Notepad and Ultraedit. After installing Outlook 2000, I had pulldown options of Outlook and Outlook Express for email and newsgroup. After installing Freeagent , which is the best newsgroup reader around, I had the options of Agent and Outlook.

There is a “Reset Web Settings” button to return Windows to its original defaults