Clicking the Internet Explorer icon opens Google Chrome instead
Default Browser means a internet shortcut file (.URL) would open in whichever browser you set as the default
Sounds like your Internet Explorer shortcut (.LNK) on your Desktop is bad or has the wrong path. You will need to right-click it & confirm the Shortcut tab has a Target (path) of: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
Pay close attention to the file types/extensions (.LNK vs .URL) as you could have a internet shortcut file named Internet Explorer.url
that consequently opens in the default browser of Chrome
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alina
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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alina over 1 year
Whenever I click on the Internet Explorer icon, it opens the Google Chrome web browser instead. However, if I right-click the Internet Explorer icon and select "Open New Tab", it will open Internet Explorer, which is fine.
How can I make it so that clicking on the Internet Explorer icon will launch Internet Explorer, and not Chrome?
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Matt King about 8 yearsCould you please rephrase your question so that it's a bit more understandable so we could help you out. Are you saying that Chrome works but IE isn't opening correctly?
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daniel.heydebreck about 8 yearsCould it be that the icon, on which you click, does start the default browser? Thus, setting the IE to your default browser might solve your problem?
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alina about 8 yearstranslate to EN by google Point -3 OK ---- When click on Internet Explorer, Chrome browser opens ----- I did default browser IE, no fix
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user3359503 about 8 yearsI rewrote the question and title to match what I believe what you wanted to say. The tags say you are using Windows 8.1 Is this in the Start Screen? You are clicking on the IE tile, right? Not a desktop icon? Can you provide screenshots to illustrate the issue?
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gregg about 8 yearsTaskbar: right-click, right-click item (above Unpin), Properties