Is there a way to change the browser Visual Studio launches for a source control plug-in?

Doug Rank 1 Reputation point
2021-04-06T21:31:01.793+00:00

I have two different MSDN accounts and I need to use one for our source control stuff and another for other projects.

I would like to keep my default browser (chrome) semi-permanently logged in to the second account, but if a web browser is opened through visual studio I would like it to open in Edge so that I can keep my first account as the log-in details for that.

As an example: search for a shelveset you've created in Visual Studio. Double-click on it. Click the down arrow next to "Actions" and there will be an option to "Open in Browser". I want that (and anything else in VSthat would open in a browser) to open Edge instead of Chrome.

I'm using Visual Studio 2019.

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  1. Dylan Zhu-MSFT 6,406 Reputation points
    2021-04-07T05:31:48.117+00:00

    Hi，DougRank，

    After my research, we cannot select the browser we want for "Open in Browser" in visual studio. We suggest you submit it as a suggestion here: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/report?space=8&entry=suggestion

    Best Regards,
    Dylan

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