Reseting Safari as default browser

I launched Explorer and by mistake clicked on the "set Explorer as your default browser" box.
How can I make Safari my default browser again?
Thanks in advance,
E.C.

Hi Jarane,
Safari preferences -> Default Web Browser

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Am 29.08.2010 um 14:37 schrieb Murray ACP:
No. That's a browser-specific function. In fact, it's much better
to make the scrollbar visible on ALL pages than it is to try to hide
them on some pages. You can make the scrollbar always visible
(thereby preventing the content on longer pages from shifting left
when the scrollbar appears) with this simple CSS -
>
html { overflow-y:scroll; }
>

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