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Reputation: 2074

Changing my web browser in Netbeans 6.9.1

I have Netbeans 6.9.1 and I want to change the default browser to Chrome. I have seen a thread that says for Netbeans 6.5, it can be configured from Tools > Options > General but the problem is I can't find Options in my Tools tab because I am not using that version. Anyone know how to do this with Netbeans 6.9.1?

Upvotes: 14

Views: 37397

Answers (3)

tst
tst

Reputation: 1

nope cannot change this....the edit menu for a custom browser does not respond...u have to create a custom firefox.exe thats starts up the required browser.exe.

Upvotes: 0

Marci Banez
Marci Banez

Reputation: 115

In case someone came across the same problem for Netbeans 8.2: it is under

Run> Set Project Browser > Chrome

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(You can choose other browsers of course!)

Upvotes: 4

Milan Svitlica
Milan Svitlica

Reputation: 649

In the file C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.8\etc\netbeans.conf, add the following line to the netbeans_default_options properties: 

-J-Dorg.netbeans.modules.extbrowser.UseDesktopBrowse=true

Then set Chrome as the default browser.

Alternative method (tried this with Netbeans 7.1):

Open Tools > Options and you should see this:

Netbeans Options Dialog

Click the edit button. Then click on the add button. A new browser named "External Browser" will be shown. You can rename it to Chrome, then change the "Process" field to a path like this:

C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe (on my Windows 7)

In your case, you can right click on the Chrome icon and select the properties option (windows) and see where is the target path.

Upvotes: 23

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