It looks like three horizontal lines stacked atop one another.ĥ – Click the Make Chrome my default browser button. The instructions below will walk you through the process of installing Chrome (if necessary) and setting it as your default web browser in Windows 8.1 – even for the Start Screen.ġ – If you don’t already have Chrome installed on your computer, visit this page and click the Download Chrome button to download and install it.Ģ – Make sure you’re on the Desktop, then launch Chrome.ģ – Click on the Settings icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Chrome window. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend that you go ahead install it now and set is as your default browser. Or perhaps you haven’t even gotten around to installing Chrome at all.
In fact, it only needs a single click, and it is all set.If you’re running Windows 8.1, you’ve probably noticed that Internet Explorer is the default web browser on the Start Screen even if you have set Google Chrome as the default on the Desktop. Yup, the new update ditches the settings menu from the process. Therefore, Windows 10 users, who have Chrome installed, could start setting it up as the default app without actually leaving the browser at all.
The new workaround would require users to make a single click while using a Google-owned web browser. Read Also: Windows 10 KB5014666 Update: Bug Fixes, New Printer Features, and More Windows 10 Google Chrome Updates to Make it EasierĪccording to a recent report by 9to5 Google, the future update of Windows 10 and Google Chrome is enabling their users to set a default browser without needing to go to the settings menu.
The Verge notes in its report that the Windows 11 update last March refined the process by trimming it down to a few clicks in the settings menu.īut this time, it appears that the next Windows 10 update is making the process more straightforward as it should be in the first place. The Windows 10 S operating system is geared toward the education market and is Microsoft's answer to Google's Chrome OS.īut after a bunch of heated backlash from Windows users, Microsoft just shrugged it off and made setting Chrome as the default browser less taxing. NEW YORK, NY - MAY 2: A view of the new Microsoft Surface Laptop following a Microsoft launch event, in New York City.
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