How to get Chrome to run in a normal Window

[mbreslin1954]

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?

 

[jinksy]

To the right of the star icon for favorites click the button with 3 lines and select run chrome in normal mode 5th option down.

-Chris

 

[mbreslin1954]

Thanks jinsky, that seems to have solved the problem, at least when running it on my Win8 VM. I don't understand why there isn't a "select this as the best answer" button on this thread, or I would.

 

[jinksy]

I thought there was, somewhere...... Maybe it has to be set to answered by an admin, who knows. Also your very welcome.

-Chris

 

[aninha]

To the right of the star icon for favorites click the button with 3 lines and select run chrome in normal mode 5th option down.

-Chris

Thank you so much!! It helped me a lot!

 

[mbreslin1954]

The reason I can't choose an answer as The Best Answer is because I did not initiate this thread as a question. My bad. I know better now.

 

[jarotech]

The reason I can't choose an answer as The Best Answer is because I did not initiate this thread as a question. My bad. I know better now.

You could request a moderator to change this thread to a question.

 

[mbreslin1954]

Can you tell me how to identify and contact the moderator for this forum?

 

[jarotech]

You have many moderators on this site, they have a yellow star before their name, this way you could identify a moderator. When you find one, you could PM him with your request or you could go to the section Forum Feedback and write your request there. A moderator will answer you promptly.

 

[scout_03]

could a mod give a look at this thread .

 

[Saga Lout]

You rang, Sir?

I think the OP is happy now the thread has been converted to a Question and he gave a BA to Jinksy.

 

[scout_03]

thank you Saga Lout salutations scout_03