Small utility to launch a different browser depending on the domain of the url being launched.
- Grab the latest release and extract to a folder somewhere on your PC.
- Open the BrowserSelector.ini file and customise paths to your browsers and domain patterns (see below).
- Run
BrowserSelector.exe --registerfrom this folder to register the tool in Windows as a web browser. - Open the "Choose a default browser" screen in Windows (you can simply search for "default browser" from the start screen).
- Select DanTup.BrowserSelector as the default browser.
Config is a poor mans INI file:
; Default browser is first in list
; Micrsoft Edge is a UWP app and requires no path
[browsers]
chrome = C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
ff = C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
edge =
ie = iexplore.exe
; Url preferences.
; Only * is treated as a special character (wildcard).
; Matches are domain-only. Protocols and paths are ignored.
; Use "*.blah.com" for subdomains, not "*blah.com" as that would also match "abcblah.com".
[urls]
microsoft.com = ie
*.microsoft.com = ie
google.com = chrome
visualstudio.com = edge
Notes:
- Browser paths must be exact paths to exes with no arguments (or in
PATH). Values do not need to be quoted. Microsoft Edge is a UWP app which cannot be started like other browsers. The path can thus remain empty. - Only * is treated as a special character in URL patterns, and matches any characters.
- Only the domain part (or IP address) of a URL is checked.
- There is no implied wildcard at the start or end, so you must include these if you need them, but be aware that "microsoft.*" will not only match "microsoft.com" and "microsoft.co.uk" but also "microsoft.somethingelse.com".