How to change default browser to open localhost in wampserver

Question

When I installed wampserver on my computer. I didn't have firefox or any browser installed. Because I also disabled Internet explorer. How do I manually set the default browser that opens up localhost or phpmyadmin from wampserver when you left click it

Answer 1

To change the default browser for the tray icon:

• Open C:\wamp in Windows Explorer (or wherever you installed wampserver)

• Open wampmanager.conf in a text editor

  • Find the section [main]

  • Find the following line:

    navigator = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
    

  • Replace it with:

    navigator = “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”
    

• Save the the file
• Restart the tray icon

Answer 2

Open your wampmanager.conf file in a text editor; it is usually in C:/wamp/wampmanager.conf.

Under the section [main], you will find the key navigator. Change its value to the path of your browser. For example:

navigator = "C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe"

Restart the wampserver tray icon.

Answer 3

this may not be exactly what you want, but may work for you. You can set the shortcut properties target, and define which browser to use. This vista example is using chrome, but you can target whichever browser you prefer, just point to the application exe.

 C:\Users\anyUser\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --app=http://localhost/default.htm

Answer 4

Here is another solution more appropriate I think:

In your main wamp locate the file named wampmanager.ini (seems to be named wampserver.ini on some installs). If you want to change only the browser for localhost, search for the [Menu.Left] section, around line 277. Two lines in that section define the path to the browser for localhost and phpmyadmin. Change it to point to the desired browser.

If you want to change every settings involving the preset browser, run a find command in the file with the browser's name.

Answer 5

you can change in PHP user interface as:

Tools --> Preferences --> Browsers --> (locate the path of chrome.exe by clicking ... against chrome option i.e. C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe and click OK.

Answer 6

If you are using wampserver 64 open the file below with notpad:

C:\wamp64\wampmanager.ini

Search and replaces all files to your browser, for example:

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE

Replace it by your current browser, for example:

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

Save the file and restart the wampserver.

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