Each Internet user, choosing the most convenient tool for surfing the network, installs it on his computer as the main web browser, which by default opens web pages when clicking on links.
How to make Chrome the default browser? Making Google Chrome your primary web browser is very simple, and there are three ways to do this.
If you open Google Chrome, then a message appears in its window that Chrome is not the default browser, and then there is a proposal to make it that way. How to make Chrome the default browser in this case? To do this, just click on the "Yes" button in the message that appears every time it is launched.
If the answer “No” was previously selected, then you can perform the necessary installation settings in the browser itself. How to make Chrome the default browser through the web browser settings function? To do this, find the tool button in the upper right corner with three horizontal stripes and click on it. In the pop-up window, select "Settings" and make a click. At the very bottom of the page that opens, you can see the "Default Browser" item, and below it there is a button with the words "Assign", which you should click on. After that, Google Chrome becomes the main browser.
How to make Chrome the default browser through the operating system? If we are talking about the Windows system, it is proposed to open the "Start" and select "Control Panel". In the window that opens at the top, click the "All Elements" button and select the "Default Programs" function in the drop-down list. A window will open in which you need to click "Set default applications", after which a list of programs will appear in the left column. Highlight Google Chrome in the list, click “Use by default” in the right field, then click “OK”.
Having selected the default browser, each user sets the start page from which his work on the Internet begins. Most often, this is the main page of a search engine, for example, as popular as Google.
To make Google Chrome your homepage, in the browser you need to click on the "Tools" icon ("Settings and Controls") in its upper right corner. A window will pop up in which you should find the settings item and make a click. In the window that opens, go to the “Appearance” section and check the box next to “Show the Home Page button.” After setting the checkbox, click on the “Change” function that appears and in the opened tab put a checkmark next to the “Next Page” line, after which it will be possible to change the address in the line. We enter google.ru or google.com. Now you need to synchronize applications, settings, tabs, extensions on other devices. To do this, at the top of the "Settings" page, click "Sign in to Chrome", log in to your Google account, and in the "Synchronize" section, tick the necessary objects or synchronize everything.
The Google homepage (Chrome is no exception) can be installed in any browser. To set Google as the main page in FireFox, you need to open a browser window and enter the "Tools" menu section, then the "Settings" item. In the window that appears, select the “Basic” tab and enter the desired address in the line “Home page” - google.com or google.ru. In the “When FireFox Starts Up” drop-down list above, the default option should be “Show Home Page”. If there is another item, then it must be changed and click "OK."
To set Google as the start page in Opera, you need to launch the browser and select the "Tools" menu, then the "General" section. Next to the line “At startup”, select “Start from the home page” in the drop-down menu. Below, in the line "Home", enter the address of the selected start page. In this case, it is google.com or google.ru. Then click “OK.”