How to change the default browser to debug with in Visual Studio 2008

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When you hit F5  the browser windows pops up  how do you set which browser the debugger users in Visual Studio 2008   Update 1 I have looked for the  Browse with  option and not found it  Visual Studio opens the default browser instead of Internet Explorer    Update 2 If you are already debugging you dont have the  Browse with  option      Stop debugging and then its there    Update 3 The accepted answer below is also relevant to changing the default browser to debug with in Visual Studio 2010

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In VS 2010 just make the browser as your default broswer in which  you want to run your application and there is no need to set anything in visual studio  I did it for google chrome and its working for me  I just made google chrome as my default browser and its working fine  I am almost sure that this should work in VS 2008 also

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If you are using MVC 2 you do not need to create another project  just add component -   webform to the project then        Right click the webform     Select Browse With        Choose your browser     Click Set as Default     Delete the webform

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If you use ASP-NET MVC  you need to right-click on Default ASPX which will have a Browse With menu

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An easier way to do this is simply by selecting the arrow next to the Start Debugging     Then in the Drop Down goto Web Browser and select the browser you would like to debug the site with  you can also select Browse with    to set the default as explained in other answers

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ie ---  Tools ----   Internet options -----  Programe ------   Make Defualt

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To permanently make Visual Studio open a project in IE without changing the default browser you can do the following   Project Properties - gt  Web - gt  Start Action  Start external program  C  Program Files Internet Explorer iexplore exe Command line arguments  Enter the url of the path to your start page ie http  localhost myproject default aspx  This won t allow you to debug client side script in Visual Studio though

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An easier way to do this is simply by selecting the arrow next to the Start Debugging     Then in the Drop Down goto Web Browser and select the browser you would like to debug the site with  you can also select Browse with    to set the default as explained in other answers

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ie ---  Tools ----   Internet options -----  Programe ------   Make Defualt

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I have passed this problem in VS2012  When I can t find  Browse with    on the right-click of the project  I found it on File Menu -  Browse with  If it doesn t appear  first you have to click on menu bar  then try open file menu again  If it still doesn t appear  you can just go to Quick Launch on the top right of menu bar then type it  Browse with

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I find that the Browse With   menu item only appears in Visual Studio 2010 when I Run as administrator   And in that case it is available even while in  debug mode

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In the Project Solution window  Right click a page   aspx  or on a folder  Select Browse With    Choose your browser Click Set as Default Click Browse

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I find that the Browse With   menu item only appears in Visual Studio 2010 when I Run as administrator   And in that case it is available even while in  debug mode

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In VS 2010 just make the browser as your default broswer in which  you want to run your application and there is no need to set anything in visual studio  I did it for google chrome and its working for me  I just made google chrome as my default browser and its working fine  I am almost sure that this should work in VS 2008 also

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If you use MVC  you don t have this menu  no  Browse With     menu   Create first a normal ASP NET web site

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First click show all files  Then in the bin folder choose any xml file and then right click and by selecting  browse with  select your desired browser

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To permanently make Visual Studio open a project in IE without changing the default browser you can do the following   Project Properties - gt  Web - gt  Start Action  Start external program  C  Program Files Internet Explorer iexplore exe Command line arguments  Enter the url of the path to your start page ie http  localhost myproject default aspx  This won t allow you to debug client side script in Visual Studio though

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If you use MVC  you don t have this menu  no  Browse With     menu   Create first a normal ASP NET web site

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ASP NET projects    Right click a webpage   aspx  or on a folder  Select Browse With    Choose your browser Click Set as Default Click Browse   ASP NET MVC 1 projects   Right click Default aspx  then follow steps above   ASP NET MVC 2 projects   As there is no Default aspx  you need to create a Web Form  right-click project   Add   New Item  and follow the steps above

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If you use MVC  you don t have this menu  no  Browse With     menu   Create first a normal ASP NET web site

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I have passed this problem in VS2012  When I can t find  Browse with    on the right-click of the project  I found it on File Menu -  Browse with  If it doesn t appear  first you have to click on menu bar  then try open file menu again  If it still doesn t appear  you can just go to Quick Launch on the top right of menu bar then type it  Browse with

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In the Project Solution window  Right click a page   aspx  or on a folder  Select Browse With    Choose your browser Click Set as Default Click Browse

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In the Project Solution window  Right click a page   aspx  or on a folder  Select Browse With    Choose your browser Click Set as Default Click Browse

User · Answer

If you use MVC  you don t have this menu  no  Browse With     menu   Create first a normal ASP NET web site

User · Answer

ASP NET projects    Right click a webpage   aspx  or on a folder  Select Browse With    Choose your browser Click Set as Default Click Browse   ASP NET MVC 1 projects   Right click Default aspx  then follow steps above   ASP NET MVC 2 projects   As there is no Default aspx  you need to create a Web Form  right-click project   Add   New Item  and follow the steps above

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First click show all files  Then in the bin folder choose any xml file and then right click and by selecting  browse with  select your desired browser

User · Answer

If you use ASP-NET MVC  you need to right-click on Default ASPX which will have a Browse With menu

User · Answer

If you are using MVC 2 you do not need to create another project  just add component -   webform to the project then        Right click the webform     Select Browse With        Choose your browser     Click Set as Default     Delete the webform

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In the Project Solution window  Right click a page   aspx  or on a folder  Select Browse With    Choose your browser Click Set as Default Click Browse

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