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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

User · Answer

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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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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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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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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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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