John A. Hodges wrote:
>I have both Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Communicator 4.6 on
>my computer. I.E. 5 is my default browser . How do I make
>Netscape Communicator my default browser ?


Kelly Younger posted the following over a year ago:

Problem Symptoms: "How do I make Communicator my default browser and
Netscape Mail and News my defaults?  When I check options I can't
seem to find the way to do it."

Solution:

If communicator is not your default browser, and when you start it
up it does not ask to become the default browser, then:

With communicator closed, locate the prefs.js in your
..\netscape\users\(username)\ folder.

BACKUP PREFS.JS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO EDIT IT !!!!!

Open the file in notepad or some other text editor and find the
line that reads:

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

Change the true to false and save the file.

Now when you start Communicator it should ask; indicate to it
that it should become the default.

Kelly mentioned that this was a cut and paste from the Netscape
FAQ page at http://www.ufaq.org/ and that it applies to:
Communicator with Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98,
and Windows NT.

Regards,
Bill

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