Disable the Browser Choice Screen in Windows 7

The european users of Windows 7 get the choice to select which browser they would like to use. If you are already using a different browser you may want to disable this screen without the hassle of jumping Microsofts hoops.

  • Open the start menu and type regedit in to the search box, then open regedit
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  • Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\BrowserChoice
  • Create a new DWORD value named Enable in the registry. Then give it a value of 0
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5 Comments (Newest on top)

  1. Sarah Owen says:
    14/03/2010 at 10:37 am

    This was very useful, especially with the pictures. I was getting so fed up with my browser being constantly unpinned from the task bar – I’m quite capable of making this decision for myself! Thanks for helping me disable it!

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  2. NevilleK says:
    19/03/2010 at 9:10 am

    Yes it worked perfectly. Thanks

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  3. Martin says:
    02/02/2011 at 7:17 pm

    Thanks, works as the article says.

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  4. Andy says:
    07/06/2011 at 4:15 pm

    Wow – thankyou. I spent ages looking for this – sure people say “just edit the registry to 0″ etc. but that makes very ittle sense to most of us.
    This is perfect – and works.
    One question though – do I need to do anything with the shortcut entry – REG_DWORD 0×00000001 (1) can I just leave this or should I delete it? Please answer:)

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    • Ben says:
      07/06/2011 at 5:54 pm

      Leave any settings in the registry alone that you are unsure of as you can seriously break you computer.

      In the registry 1 is on and 0 is off; a simple binary setting.

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