Helping a friend with their new Windows 8 laptop. This 70-year-old woman hates it, initially wanted me to install Windows 7 on it, but instead I installed Start8 and that mitigated most of her issues.
Except for Chrome. It insisted on opening full screen, with no minimize button. I believe it is running as a "Widnows 8 app". So I downloaded and re-installed Chrome. However, when I bring it up, it of course tells me it isn't the default web browser, so I tell it to set itself as default. Now a window comes up asking me what program I want to use to open http: files. If I select Chrome, it immediately opens into Windows 8 app mode (full screen), and every Chrome shortcut does the same thing.
So I re-download and re-install Chrome and do the same thing. Run it the first time, set it to default browser, and the same window pops up. If I select Internet Exploder, Chrome continues to run in a normal window, but it is not the default browser, and it asks every time I subsequently run it if I want it to be.
Bottom line: The only way to make it the default browser is to select it in that pop-up window, but that turns it into a full-screen Windows 8 app, which my friend does not like because she can't see the task bar, the clock, or anything else.
Is there a solution to this? Can I make the Windows version of Chrome the default browser without turning it into a Win 8 app?
Except for Chrome. It insisted on opening full screen, with no minimize button. I believe it is running as a "Widnows 8 app". So I downloaded and re-installed Chrome. However, when I bring it up, it of course tells me it isn't the default web browser, so I tell it to set itself as default. Now a window comes up asking me what program I want to use to open http: files. If I select Chrome, it immediately opens into Windows 8 app mode (full screen), and every Chrome shortcut does the same thing.
So I re-download and re-install Chrome and do the same thing. Run it the first time, set it to default browser, and the same window pops up. If I select Internet Exploder, Chrome continues to run in a normal window, but it is not the default browser, and it asks every time I subsequently run it if I want it to be.
Bottom line: The only way to make it the default browser is to select it in that pop-up window, but that turns it into a full-screen Windows 8 app, which my friend does not like because she can't see the task bar, the clock, or anything else.
Is there a solution to this? Can I make the Windows version of Chrome the default browser without turning it into a Win 8 app?
