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Since the "new" browser (IE 9) is out, is it now possible
to make the (64 bit version) the default in Win 7 ?
If so how do you make it the default?

Thanks

Good question!! You beat me to it.. If I find out before someone else
answer's I will definitely respond here.

"Kue2" <> wrote in message
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> Since the "new" browser (IE 9) is out, is it now possible
> to make the (64 bit version) the default in Win 7 ?
> If so how do you make it the default?
>
> Thanks

Hi,
This is a nice quest.
If you go to Tools, Internet Options, Programs tab.
It clearly states that IE x64 cannot be set as the default browser.
Let's see if someone can defeat MSFT.

Carlos

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> answer's I will definitely respond here.
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The question was " Can I make the 64 bit version default?"

"King Ginger" <> wrote in message
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> Funny, I have the option to set IE9 as the default browser with W7
> Ultimate
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> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:50:01 -0400, "Kue2" <> wrote:
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>>Since the "new" browser (IE 9) is out, is it now possible
>>to make the (64 bit version) the default in Win 7 ?
>>If so how do you make it the default?
>>
>>Thanks

On 15-Mar-2011 18:48, King Ginger wrote:
> Funny, I have the option to set IE9 as the default browser with W7
> Ultimate
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> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:50:01 -0400, "Kue2"<> wrote:
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>> Since the "new" browser (IE 9) is out, is it now possible
>> to make the (64 bit version) the default in Win 7 ?
>> If so how do you make it the default?
>>
>> Thanks

Not funny. On a Windows 64bit system both IE 32bit and IE 64bit are
installed but only the IE 32bit can be the default.

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Leala.

On 19/03/2011 in message
< > R. C. White wrote:

>Yes, it's possible to make 64-bit IE the default. But I'm not sure it's a
>good idea - at least, not until Adobe makes its Flash Player work in
>64-bit Windows.

I would have thought that was the perfect reason for making IE 64 the
default if possible.

--
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
who don't.

On 15/03/2011 23:21, Leala wrote:
> On 15-Mar-2011 18:48, King Ginger wrote:
>> Funny, I have the option to set IE9 as the default browser with W7
>> Ultimate
>>
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>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:50:01 -0400, "Kue2"<> wrote:
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>>> Since the "new" browser (IE 9) is out, is it now possible
>>> to make the (64 bit version) the default in Win 7 ?
>>> If so how do you make it the default?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>
> Not funny. On a Windows 64bit system both IE 32bit and IE 64bit are
> installed but only the IE 32bit can be the default.

One wonders why MS bothers to point to a "specific" 64-bit download when
you get both anyway! I couldn't understand why the download was so big
and took so long to install. Now I know why - two programs instead of one.

--

Jeff

RC,

Even so I can't understand why the installation takes so long.
I downloaded the whole package instead of the web installer.
It took quite a while after the installation was over.

Carlos

On 19 mar, 17:24, "R. C. White" <r...@grandecom.net> wrote:
> Hi, Jeff.
>
> If you choose the non-64-bit download, you get only the 32-bit version of
> IE9. *So the download is smaller and quicker. *If you choose 64-bit, you get
> both, although this is not mentioned anywhere that I saw.
>
> RC
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> San Marcos, TX
> r...@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-9/30/10)
> Windows Live Mail Version 2011 (Build 15.4.3508.1109) in Win7 Ultimate x64
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> On 15/03/2011 23:21, Leala wrote:
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> > On 15-Mar-2011 18:48, King Ginger wrote:
> >> Funny, I have the option to set IE9 as the default browser with W7
> >> Ultimate
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> >> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:50:01 -0400, "Kue2"<K...@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Since the "new" browser (IE 9) is out, is it now possible
> >>> to make the (64 bit version) the default in Win 7 ?
> >>> If so how do you make it the default?
>
> >>> Thanks
>
> > Not funny. On a Windows 64bit system both IE 32bit and IE 64bit are
> > installed but only the IE 32bit can be the default.
>
> One wonders why MS bothers to point to a "specific" 64-bit download when
> you get both anyway! *I couldn't understand why the download was so big
> and took so long to install. *Now I know why - two programs instead of one.
>
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