Re: Installing Firefox with IE6

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thanks Gary. I was having problems with that. Kind of ignored it. But I'm
back with IE now. Thx.
"Gary Smith" <bitbucket@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23lJWFmLxFHA.2228@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If you use Set Program Access and Defaults to set the default browser, you
> can switch back and forth with no problem. The only issue I ever
> encountered while using Firefox as my default browser is that Adobe Reader
> would always open links in IE, even when Firefox was the default. That
> didn't surprise me mcuh -- I've come to expect that Adobe software will be
> quirky and refuse to play well with others.
>
>
> Rob Parsons <iecustomizer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Be wary not to set FireFox as your default browser as it will change all
of
> > your shortcut launches. Resetting IE back as the default browser does
not
> > pick up all of the file associations which results in some links opening
in
> > one or the other browser.
> > "John Mc" <mccabe2001@tiscali(no_spam).com> wrote in message
> > news:eVoIzMFxFHA.3124@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > A simple question that will no doubt have simple answer.
> > >
> > > I happily use IE6 with absolutely no problems, but i want
> > > to install Firefox and have a play with their browser.
> > > Will Firefox happily work along side IE6 or does
> > > it tend to hijack any of its files to the point where it becomes
> > > unreturnable ?
> > >
> > > Basically has anybody had any problems running both
> > > Firefox and IE6 at the same time ??
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Jonno
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
> --
> Gary L. Smith
> Columbus, Ohio


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