CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
user14943311
user14943311

Reputation:

How to determine the default browser of the system without entering registry in programmatic way?

I am looking for the solution to determine the default browser of my Win10 without entering registry.

For now I know it only using registry.

For example, is there an option to access Settings -> Apps -> Default apps? Or any wmic command to know it?

Thank you in advance!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 257

Answers (2)

user14943311
user14943311

Reputation:

On .NET Core it works in this way:

myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "http://www.stackoverflow.com";
myProcess.Start();
Console.WriteLine("Your default browser is " + myProcess.ProcessName);

Upvotes: 0

John Wu
John Wu

Reputation: 52240

Process.Start accepts the name of a document and will open the default application for that document. You can then inspect the name of the process.

var process = Process.Start("http://www.stackoverflow.com");
Console.WriteLine("Your default browser is " + process.ProcessName);

Upvotes: 4

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