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How do you prevent programs from obnoxiously opening the browser on their own accord?
It's unbelievable that programs/developers feel so entitled as to A.) open another program on one's computer, and B.) then have the gall to browse to whatever site or advertisement they so please.
cough... Revo Uninstaller
3The programs are simply loading a URL, which will open the default browser. (edit: removed stuff that wasn't too relevant for win7) – JClaspill – 2013-05-29T01:35:47.650
Don't have the time to turn this into a full solution, but maybe this will get you looking in the right direction? http://superuser.com/questions/578439/how-do-i-have-no-default-web-browser-so-the-system-asks-what-browser-to-use-whe I think what you want to do essentially is change the "open URL" behavior to no longer just open the default browser, which is similar to what this question is looking for. A thought though, do you also want to invalidate any and all URL's outside the browser on your PC? Because that looks like the path you are heading down.
– Chris O'Kelly – 2013-05-29T03:36:51.393@ChrisO'Kelly Well, I'd prefer not to completely invalidate that path. But now that I'm thinking it over, I can't really think of when I need it otherwise. However, I guess more and more programs are putting their help/support files online these days, which I'd prefer not to invalidate. Ideally, there'd be some type of access control list, which I'm not privy to know if Windows 7 has such (that would apply in this case). – Coldblackice – 2013-05-29T22:30:09.763
Also related (not a dupe): How can I select which browser a link from miscellaneous applications open in each time?
– Karan – 2013-05-30T14:41:14.7101Not sure this can be accomplished without breaking functionality you would probably want to keep – Keltari – 2013-06-14T04:58:55.850
Not really a software fix, but I would tend to avoid these kinds of programs in the first place. There is (usually) a better alternative. – David – 2014-02-05T20:26:05.223