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| -rwxr-xr-x | Lib/webbrowser.py | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-03-14-10-52-43.gh-issue-102690.sbXtqk.rst | 1 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/webbrowser.py b/Lib/webbrowser.py index 44974d4..a56ff33 100755 --- a/Lib/webbrowser.py +++ b/Lib/webbrowser.py @@ -542,11 +542,15 @@ def register_standard_browsers(): # First try to use the default Windows browser register("windows-default", WindowsDefault) - # Detect some common Windows browsers, fallback to IE - iexplore = os.path.join(os.environ.get("PROGRAMFILES", "C:\\Program Files"), - "Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE") + # Detect some common Windows browsers, fallback to Microsoft Edge + # location in 64-bit Windows + edge64 = os.path.join(os.environ.get("PROGRAMFILES(x86)", "C:\\Program Files (x86)"), + "Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe") + # location in 32-bit Windows + edge32 = os.path.join(os.environ.get("PROGRAMFILES", "C:\\Program Files"), + "Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe") for browser in ("firefox", "firebird", "seamonkey", "mozilla", - "netscape", "opera", iexplore): + "opera", edge64, edge32): if shutil.which(browser): register(browser, None, BackgroundBrowser(browser)) else: diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-03-14-10-52-43.gh-issue-102690.sbXtqk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-03-14-10-52-43.gh-issue-102690.sbXtqk.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5669ebb --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2023-03-14-10-52-43.gh-issue-102690.sbXtqk.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Update :mod:`webbrowser` to fall back to Microsoft Edge instead of Internet Explorer. |