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Posted by blazed it on Mar-22-2007 05:39:

vista basic internet explorer help

Hey I'm using windows vista basic on my new laptop and i have firefox installed as my default browser. But when I open a link up from say AIM, it opens the window in internet explorer instead of firefox. Anybody know how to fix this?

Posted by nchs09 on Mar-22-2007 05:41:

Re: vista basic internet explorer help

quote:
Originally posted by blazed it
Hey I'm using windows vista basic on my new laptop and i have firefox installed as my default browser. But when I open a link up from say AIM, it opens the window in internet explorer instead of firefox. Anybody know how to fix this?
same happens on my comjputer, i cant figure it out... if you do, post the answer plz.

Posted by RandomGirl on Mar-22-2007 05:44:

That happens to me on Windows XP.

I think it's the program itself... MSN, Aim, etc. It's default is to open an explorer window.

Posted by nchs09 on Mar-22-2007 05:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Theresa
That happens to me on Windows XP.

I think it's the program itself... MSN, Aim, etc. It's default is to open an explorer window.
i dunno, my xp opens links on firefox on my laptop....

Posted by Frenchie on Mar-22-2007 05:46:

Same here, everything opens up on FireFox fine.

I was talking with my boss about this problem and something was mentioned about it but like most days I tune her out. I'll ask tomorrow.

Posted by shaw on Mar-22-2007 05:49:

firefox, tools, options, "check to see if firefox is my default browser on startup," check now.

Posted by blazed it on Mar-22-2007 05:50:

quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
firefox, tools, options, "check to see if firefox is my default browser on startup," check now.

I did this...... it is my default

argh it worked fine in XP!

shat.

Posted by shaw on Mar-22-2007 05:52:

then do what I did--uninstall IE.

Posted by SuspicionVandit on Mar-22-2007 05:59:

or, go to your IE folder, rename IE.exe
then place a shortcut titled IE.exe linked to firefox.exe

glory is jesus
jesus is barak obama

Posted by blazed it on Mar-22-2007 23:35:

solutions?

Posted by gehzumteufel on Mar-22-2007 23:38:

quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
then do what I did--uninstall IE.

to you i say...MORON...you cant uninstall IE. if you did you wouldnt have a GUI! fucking n00bs

do this. change default browser back to ie. open IE up. then change BACK to firefox. this should help. if it doesnt let me know.

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Mar-23-2007 01:31:

if you really want to check to see if they are changed, look at your registry and see if these values are there for you (i have XP, not Vista).

code:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTP\shell\open\command\: "D:\PROGRAMS\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -url "%1" -requestPending"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTP\shell\open\ddeexec\: ""%1",,0,0,,,,"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTP\shell\open\ddeexec\Application\: "Firefox"

this is just for http. there are other protocols you would have to edit, like ftp, https, etc ....

i was planning to make a Vista image for myself, maybe i'll test it.

Posted by Orbax on Mar-23-2007 01:37:

yeah its a regedit thing. Just change it there and you wont have to worry about it agian

Posted by gehzumteufel on Mar-23-2007 01:49:

yeah. too bad most people dont even know how to use regedit let alone know about it.

Posted by nchs09 on Mar-23-2007 01:50:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
yeah. too bad most people dont even know how to use regedit let alone know about it.
thats me!

Posted by gehzumteufel on Mar-23-2007 01:55:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
thats me!

lol

Posted by shaw on Mar-23-2007 02:59:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
to you i say...MORON...you cant uninstall IE. if you did you wouldnt have a GUI! fucking n00bs

well, I managed to do it somehow

Granted, I occasionally have to re-install it for a moment, but w/e.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Mar-23-2007 03:02:

quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
well, I managed to do it somehow

Granted, I occasionally have to re-install it for a moment, but w/e.

lol you can THINK you did but you really didnt. you gotta reinstall it? wanna know why? cause windows depends on IE. in more ways than you think. you could remove it if you had 9x but NT its impossible to truely remove it.

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Mar-23-2007 03:02:

yesh regedit is always your friend to fix things like this, but you have know what the hell you're doing before editing it. if not, you can really fuck up your computer in many ways.

well back to topic, maybe microsoft changed the way they format their registry in vista. not sure.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Mar-23-2007 03:07:

quote:
Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
yesh regedit is always your friend to fix things like this, but you have know what the hell you're doing before editing it. if not, you can really fuck up your computer in many ways.

well back to topic, maybe microsoft changed the way they format their registry in vista. not sure.

yeah you shouldnt touch it if your clueless.

and no the registry is EXACTLY the same.

Posted by blazed it on Mar-23-2007 14:30:

i found the problem but how to fix?

it's grayed out and i can't uncheck it!

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Mar-23-2007 15:27:

i don't know if you should edit these with regedit. what you can do is create a "New Text Document" and name it either "foo.mhtml", "foo.mht", or "foo.url", and try to tell your machine to open the file using a specific program with the "Open With" command. Either that, or if you have the balls to do it,

code:

#For .mhtmlfile (.mht and .mht)
old: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mhtmlfile\shell\open\command\(Default) = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome
New: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mhtmlfile\shell\open\command\(Default) = [Your Firefox destination]

#For .url
Old: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open\command(Default) = rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l
New: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open\command\(Default) = [Your Firefox destination]

Try replacing [Your Firefox destination] with [ [firefox destination] -url "%1" -requestPending"]

Posted by LazFX on Mar-23-2007 15:52:

quote:
Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
Either that, or if you have the balls to do it,

code:
#For .mhtmlfile (.mht and .mht) old: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mhtmlfile\shell\open\command\(Default) = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome New: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mhtmlfile\shell\open\command\(Default) = [Your Firefox destination] #For .url Old: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open\command(Default) = rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l New: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\open\command\(Default) = [Your Firefox destination] Try replacing [Your Firefox destination] with [ [firefox destination] -url "%1" -requestPending"]

Respect......

Posted by blazed it on Mar-23-2007 16:32:

messing with regedit = scary.

Posted by Pokit on Mar-23-2007 18:34:

quote:
Originally posted by blazed it
messing with regedit = scary.

If you backup stuff before you edit it, then you don't have to worry.

Select the registry entry you're about to edit, and click file -> export. Then save the .reg file wherever, and if you messed something up, just restore it by double clicking the .reg file you backed up.

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