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zumoshi / BrowserSelect

Browser Select is a utility to dynamically select the browser you want instead of just having one default for all links.
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Please add feature to manually add broswers #57

Open shoguevara opened 5 years ago

shoguevara commented 5 years ago

On my employers provided laptop I have 2 installations of CHrome Browser: 1) Managed by my organization 2) Portable one, which lives in another location on disk I use them for different purposes and Browser Select would've been a perfect tool to manage my installations but ATM it detects only one installation of Chrome.

Thanks like a lot for the work which is already done! I'm using the app at my home PC and it makes me a bit happier.

ckolumbus commented 4 years ago

As a workaround you can add browsers via registry. I've created a template that shows how it works for FirefoxPortable

https://gist.github.com/ckolumbus/225170d8af9eb10cc558ac061bdab799

shoguevara commented 4 years ago

As a workaround you can add browsers via registry. I've created a template that shows how it works for FirefoxPortable

https://gist.github.com/ckolumbus/225170d8af9eb10cc558ac061bdab799

That's a bit problematic in my case. As I mentioned in the first post, I'm using corporate laptop. It's integrated with Active Directory catalog and has all the whistlers and blowers, like domain policies and reduced access rights for me. Even if it was Current Users brunch, I wouldn't be able to edit the registry, because regedit is also blocked for me =( Nevertheless, thanks for the help!

ckolumbus commented 4 years ago

@shoguevara oohhhh ok. I'm on a corporate system myself, but it's not that locked down

shoguevara commented 4 years ago

@shoguevara oohhhh ok. I'm on a corporate system myself, but it's not that locked down

Good for you!) There are downsides of working with big corporations =(

Luckz commented 4 years ago

I wouldn't be able to edit the registry, because regedit is also blocked for me =(

Browser Chooser 2 lets you manually configure these and the config for that is just in AppData. Not sure you can add it as a default browser in a locked down environment.

You could also try editing Browser Select's user.config by hand, could keep edits as long as you don't refresh the browser list.

shoguevara commented 4 years ago

I wouldn't be able to edit the registry, because regedit is also blocked for me =(

Browser Chooser 2 lets you manually configure these and the config for that is just in AppData. Not sure you can add it as a default browser in a locked down environment.

You could also try editing Browser Select's user.config by hand, could keep edits as long as you don't refresh the browser list.

As a matter of fact, in the environment I'm talking about, it is possible to change the default browser (allowed use of ie, edge and chrome). Nevertheless, I've finally managed to get local admin rights for my account. So, the problem doesn't exist for me anymore

Luckz commented 4 years ago

As a workaround you can add browsers via registry. I've created a template that shows how it works for FirefoxPortable

https://gist.github.com/ckolumbus/225170d8af9eb10cc558ac061bdab799

This doesn't work for me at all on Win10 1909 / v1.4.1. Nothing I add via registry addition or duplication appears. Deleting the user.config also doesn't change it. (I didn't try a reboot or so yet.)

ithiru commented 4 years ago

As a workaround you can add browsers via registry. I've created a template that shows how it works for FirefoxPortable

https://gist.github.com/ckolumbus/225170d8af9eb10cc558ac061bdab799

Worked like charm. Downloaded the reg file, updated the location of Firefox Portable location, opened the settings and clicked on Refresh Button.

I had to copy / paste manually and no need any more!!!