Set TweetDeck links to open in Chrome (or FireFox)
Posted on March 18th, 2009 in software | 5 Comments »
For some reason, when I clicked links in TweetDeck, they would open in FireFox even though my default browser is Chrome. Here’s how to change that on XP.
- Click “Start”->”Settings”->”Control Panel”->”Add or Remove Programs”
- Click the “Set Program Access and Defaults” button on the left
- Expand the selected configuration
- Set Chrome (or whatever browser you want to use) as the default Web browser
I don’t know why TweetDeck doesn’t automatically direct it to the default browser (maybe it’s an Adobe AIR problem), but that’s how to fix it.
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THANKS !!! VERY USEFUL…
Something basic but not at all intuitive to this former Mac user. Thank you.
I made the change while Chrome was running but it didn’t take effect until I restarted it (and no, that doesn’t make any sense to me either.)
Your explanation helped me to figure this out for Windows 7.
A very similar approach also works for Windows 7:
Control panel > Programs > Under heading “Default Programs” click on “Set your default programs” > Chose Browser of your choice “Choose defaults for this program” and “Set this program as default”
Thanks for this.