How to change Visual Studio help (F1) to open in Chrome?
visual-studio, visual-studio-2013
Solution
- Open Visual Studio
- Click ‘Tools’ >> ‘Options…’
- In Options window, please select ‘Environment’ >> ‘Web Browser’ >> Click ‘Internet Explorer Options…’
- In Internet Properties window, please select Programs Tab.
- In Programs Tab, click ‘Set programs’ >> ‘Set your default programs’
- In this window, you could set your default for all file types and protocols it can open.
This is take from: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/30afe492-7173-4c03-a671-02484e3fc560/cannot-open-visual-studio-2010-help-files-in-another-browsers
Problem
When I press F1 in Visual Studio, it opens the MSDN website in Internet Explorer. I would like it to open in Google Chrome (as links do from other apps). How can I achieve that? Google Chrome is my default browser in Windows.