How to make Netscape the default browser

For Netscape 6 on,

Edit
Preferences

In the Navigator section, click the button to set as default browser.

To disable the warning from IE that it is not your default browser,
Tools
Internet Options

On the programs tab, make sure thatthe box to check if IE is your default browser is NOT checked.

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In the control panel, go into Internet Options. On the Programs tab, you can select which browsers perform which functions. Also, you can check "Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser", then open IE and click No when asked.

Open Netscape, and you should be presented with a dialog box that reads: "Navigator is no longer registered to handle Internet Shortcuts. Would you like to register Navigator as your default browser?" Click Yes.

If you do not encounter this dialog box, you must reset Netscape Communicator:

Go to the Netscape directory on your hard drive. Open up your hard drive (usually labeled C: drive). Next, find and open the folder labeled Program Files. Inside you will find a folder labeled Netscape. Important: This is the default location for Netscape; the location on your particular computer may differ. If necessary, you can use the Find feature in the Start menu to locate it.

Inside the Netscape folder, open up the folder labeled Users.

Inside Users, open the folder with the same name as your Communicator profile.

Open this file by using a text editor. By default the pref.js file is associated with Netscape.

In this file, you will see a line (you may have to scroll down a bit) that reads:

user_pref("browser.wfe.ignore_def_check", true);

Leaving the line otherwise untouched, change the word true to the word false. Note: Disregard the text at the top of this page that reads, "This is a generated file! Do not edit." If you do not see the above line in your prefs file, Communicator may already be configured as your default browser.

Save the file (choose Save from the File menu) and close the window.

9. Next time you launch Communicator, you will be presented with a dialog box asking if you would like Netscape to be set as your default browser. Choose Yes.