# How to change default web browser to launch URL

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-default-web-browser-to-launch-url/61843>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, ignition78, ignition79, ignition80\
**Created:** [July 13, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-default-web-browser-to-launch-url/61843 "2022-07-13T13:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hyan\_Fadda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hyan\_Fadda](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hyan_Fadda)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-default-web-browser-to-launch-url/61843/1 "2022-07-13T13:01:43Z")

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Whenever I launch a URL it opens in Mozilla Firefox, but would like it to open up in Chrome instead. How do I go about changing this?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-default-web-browser-to-launch-url/61843/2 "2022-07-13T13:04:19Z")

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If you’re using `system.net.openURL` then it’s just deferring to your OS to use the default browser.

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**Author:** ![Hyan\_Fadda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hyan\_Fadda](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hyan_Fadda)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-default-web-browser-to-launch-url/61843/3 "2022-07-13T13:05:27Z")

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Thank you, I think I just figured it out