Default Web Browser

What's the best way to find out the default web browser and shell it?

For example, I want to use a "click here to purchase" link to launch IE, Netscape, or whatever and then let the browser handle whether to dial or not.

you can check the

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command

regestry entry to find the default browser for your system.


Ramdas

Code:

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Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
Sub Openfile(file As String)
    ShellExecute hwnd, "Open", file, "", "", vbNormalFocus
End Sub

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And here's how to open your html file with default browser. You can use it with other filetypes and their default apps too