Launching a Web Page with a Specific Browser

In this post I will show you how to launch a web page using the default browser.

I will also show you how to bypass the default browser and use a specific browser instead.

The default browser is not an Instant Text setting.

It is a Windows setting defined under Default apps that you can open by typing Win I and clicking Apps and then Default apps.

Launch a Web Page Using the Default Browser

To launch a web page using the default browser all you need to do is copy the URL between the {Launch} and {/Launch} tags as follows:

Launch a Web Page Using Microsoft Edge

To launch a web page using Microsoft Edge you need to prefix the URL with microsoft-edge: as follows:

Launch a Web Page Using Chrome

To launch a web page using Chrome you need to specify

• the chrome.exe file path in the filename parameter,
• the URL in the commandLine parameter

as follows:

Launch a Web Page Using Firefox

To launch a web page using Firefox you need to specify

• the firefox.exe file path in the filename parameter,
• the URL in the commandLine parameter

as follows: