How to set the default browser home page (IE) with C#?

Question

How can I programmatically change my browser\'s default home page with C#?

Answer 1

Set it in this registry setting:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page

Answer 2

I'd hit the registry:

For User Based Changes

HKCU\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet

Check the keys below this key for the list of browsers on the system. Set the reg_sz value to the name of the key of the browser that you want to set as default.

For Machine-Wide Changes

Check HKLM\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet for the system

Help with C# Registry Modifications

see here: http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive392.html

Answer 3

See this, which is not in C#, but you should be able to work out the registry stuff in C# pretty easily.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/nov04/hey1108.mspx

Please don't arrange for this code to run on my machine!