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      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
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      type="topic" style="task"
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      id="net-default-browser">
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  <info>
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    <link type="guide" xref="net-browser"/>
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    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>
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    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-10-30" status="review"/>
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    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>
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    <credit type="author">
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      <name>Phil Bull</name>
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      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
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    </credit>
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    <credit type="editor">
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      <name>Michael Hill</name>
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      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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    </credit>
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    <credit type="editor">
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      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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    </credit>
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    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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    <desc>Change the default web browser by going to <gui>Details</gui> in <gui>Settings</gui>.</desc>
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  </info>
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  <title>Change which web browser opens websites by default</title>
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When you click a link to a web page in any application, a web browser will

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  automatically open up to that page. However, if you have more than one
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  browser installed, the page may not open up in the browser you wanted it to
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  open in. To fix this, change the default web browser:

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  <steps>
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    <item>
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Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

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      start typing <gui>Details</gui>.

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    </item>
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    <item>
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Click on <gui>Details</gui> to open the panel.

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    </item>
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    <item>
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Choose <gui>Default Applications</gui> from the list on the left side

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      of the window.

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    </item>
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    <item>
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Choose which web browser you would like to open links by

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      changing the <gui>Web</gui> option.

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    </item>
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  </steps>
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When you open up a different web browser, it might tell you that it’s not

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  the default browser any more. If this happens, click the <gui>Cancel</gui>
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  button (or similar) so that it does not try to set itself as the default
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  browser again.

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</page>