Disable the "Internet explorer is not currently your default browser" warning when using IWebBrowser

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Published on 2010-03-12T22:30:40Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 22:37 UTC
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Hello

I have a MFC application that launches a IWebBrowser2 window. On users computers where Internet Explorer is not their default browser they get the following warning message

"Internet explorer is not currently your default browser. 
 Would you like to make it your default browser?"

Is there a way to disable this check before I launch a IWebBrowser2 window?

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