
However I can't seem to find the application in the "Programs and Features" settings screen of Windows. The Hangouts app is one I've installed quite some time ago at first seems like a separate app, because it's a separate set of windows, and because of how it's shown in the taskbar: The latter is set as my favorite browser.

I have installed Chrome (latest), Firefox (latest), and IE 11. My setup is Windows 8.1 with latest updates.

Obviously there's copy-pasting the URL into your favorite browser, but that also requires several tedious manual actions. Using Hangouts from your another browser (via Gmail) makes links open in that browser, but Hangouts in your browser is not a nice experience. Workarounds I've found are all suboptimal. I've searched with Google but found no relevant results, and I've searched WebApps.SE finding zero relevant results as well. I've tried gone breadth-first through the settings of a contact, as well as the Hangouts general settings, but haven't found an option for this. I want to make Hangouts open links in my favorite browser by default.

However, Chrome is not my favorite browser on this PC. When clicking that URL it'll spin up a Chrome window or tab with that URL. Suppose someone sends you a message with an URL:
