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11-09-2007
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| | Default Programs in Vista How do you change default programs in Vista? I want my E-Mail links to open in Firefox but I cannot figure out how to change it. I've gone to Control Panel/Default Programs/Set Default Programs and Firefox is not listed with no apparent way to add it. |
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11-09-2007
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| | Re: Default Programs in Vista According to the Firefox 2.0.0.1 release notes Firefox cannot be set as your default browser: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox.../releasenotes/ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352424 -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Sideshow Bob" <Mergatroid@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xUUe$uIIHA.5764@xxxxxx Quote: > How do you change default programs in Vista? I want my E-Mail links to > open in Firefox but I cannot figure out how to change it. I've gone to > Control Panel/Default Programs/Set Default Programs and Firefox is not > listed with no apparent way to add it. |
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11-09-2007
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| | Re: Default Programs in Vista I use Firefox 2.0.0.9 in Vista and it is set as my default browser and all e-mail links open in Firefox without problem Not sure why yours is not working Bill "Sideshow Bob" <Mergatroid@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#xUUe$uIIHA.5764@xxxxxx Quote: > How do you change default programs in Vista? I want my E-Mail links to > open in Firefox but I cannot figure out how to change it. I've gone to > Control Panel/Default Programs/Set Default Programs and Firefox is not > listed with no apparent way to add it. |
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11-09-2007
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| | Re: Default Programs in Vista You may want to check this entry in your registry and see if firefox.exe is set [HKCU\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet] Bill "Sideshow Bob" <Mergatroid@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#xUUe$uIIHA.5764@xxxxxx Quote: > How do you change default programs in Vista? I want my E-Mail links to > open in Firefox but I cannot figure out how to change it. I've gone to > Control Panel/Default Programs/Set Default Programs and Firefox is not > listed with no apparent way to add it. |
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11-09-2007
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| | Re: Default Programs in Vista "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >According to the Firefox 2.0.0.1 release notes Firefox cannot be set as your >default browser: is a problem that's been fixed between 2.0.0.1 and 2.0.0.9. I know that Pegasus Mail currently can be set as the default mailto: handler in Vista (without messing with the registry, which I'm working on). I don't know of any similar problems. Hopefully the next Pegasus release will fix that. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(Shell/User) Slattery_T@xxxxxx http://members.cox.net/slatteryt |
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11-09-2007
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| | Re: Default Programs in Vista Well, my Firefox on Vista x64 is version 2.0.0.4, so it must be an issue with older versions. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4ti9j3ppcuabm44g6bh1f9bnu0gv1ahspk@xxxxxx Quote: > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >>According to the Firefox 2.0.0.1 release notes Firefox cannot be set as >>your >>default browser: > Firefox 2.0.0.9 is the default browser on my Vista system. Maybe this > is a problem that's been fixed between 2.0.0.1 and 2.0.0.9. > > I know that Pegasus Mail currently can be set as the default mailto: > handler in Vista (without messing with the registry, which I'm working > on). I don't know of any similar problems. Hopefully the next Pegasus > release will fix that. > > -- > Tim Slattery > MS MVP(Shell/User) > Slattery_T@xxxxxx > http://members.cox.net/slatteryt |
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11-09-2007
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| | Re: Default Programs in Vista On Nov 9, 4:44 pm, "Sideshow Bob" <Mergatr...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > How do you change default programs in Vista? I want my E-Mail links to open > in Firefox but I cannot figure out how to change it. I've gone to Control > Panel/Default Programs/Set Default Programs and Firefox is not listed with > no apparent way to add it. isn't it?). Have you tried forcing it to be default via Options-Main-Check Now? How awful to be stuck with IE! |
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11-10-2007
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| | Re: Default Programs in Vista It wasn't but it is now. Incidentally, my Firefox version is the current one; 2.0.0.9 "Bill" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uYxtfhvIIHA.1184@xxxxxx Quote: > You may want to check this entry in your registry and see if firefox.exe > is set > > [HKCU\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet] > > Bill > > "Sideshow Bob" <Mergatroid@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:#xUUe$uIIHA.5764@xxxxxx Quote: >> How do you change default programs in Vista? I want my E-Mail links to >> open in Firefox but I cannot figure out how to change it. I've gone to >> Control Panel/Default Programs/Set Default Programs and Firefox is not >> listed with no apparent way to add it. > > |
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