Function gets browser path

mikeyww · Post by **mikeyww** » 18 May 2020, 07:41

getBrowser()
{
 ; Function by Michael Weiner, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. on 18 May 2020
 ; This function gets the full path to the Web browser.
 keyNum := 0
 browser =
 class =
 cline =
 extkey1 = HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
 extkey2 = HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes
 extkey3 = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes
 While (NOT class) AND (keyNum < 3) ; Try three different keys; use the first key with value data
 {
  keyNum += 1
  key := extkey%keyNum% ; Get the key name
  RegRead, class, %key%, .html ; Read the key's value data for value name = .html
 }
 If class ; A browser class name was identified
 {
  RegRead, cline, %key%\%class%\shell\open\command ; Get the browser's command line
  If cline
  {
   word := StrSplit(cline,"""") ; Split into array by quotation mark
   browser := word[1]
   If NOT browser ; Command line starts with a quotation mark
    browser := word[2]
   browser := RegExReplace(browser,"\s+$") ; Delete trailing white space
  }
 }
 Return browser
}