How to open an empty page in default browser?

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I want to open a new tab in the default browser and select it so the user writes his desired page.

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C#

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://About:Blank");

Posted 3-Dec-18 13:47pm

john1990_1

Updated 13-Dec-18 10:35am

Leo Chapiro

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Solution 1

Try this:

C#

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("IExplore.exe","about:Blank");

Posted 4-Dec-18 1:18am

Leo Chapiro

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Richard Deeming 7-Dec-18 12:34pm

Aha! We've found the one person who still has Internet Explorer set as his default browser. :)

Solution 3

I have seen a blank page referred to as blank.htm in Edge on Windows 10 also.

Posted 13-Dec-18 10:35am

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07T06:39:00

Solution 2

To open a blank window in the user's default browser, rather than a specific browser, this seems to work:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http:");

NB: For me, this opens in a new window, not a new tab in the existing browser window.

Posted 7-Dec-18 6:39am

Richard Deeming

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john1990_1 21-Dec-18 1:50am

Thanks a lot!

john1990_1 21-Dec-18 1:52am

What about opening only a new tab and not a whole new window? (for other people's help not for me)