Re: IE bookmarks convert to firefox automatically
- From: "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:13:13 -0600
Well, you changed the wrong one!
URL:Internet Shortcut should be rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l
URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol is listed with those having no file type association.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
"john" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3858B6D7-C74C-4883-B66A-05637D31C2D2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you for your response. I followed the steps you recomemnded. Here is what happened (I am running Windows 2000, professional):
going to windows explorer, tools, folder options, file types, URL (against this selection the "hypertext .... " is not written, instead there is internet shortcut. Any way, i highlighted this option, then clicked advanced, open, edit. In application ... it read "rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll, open url%, I changed this to c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe, i think i did it without quotes, is it supposed to be in quotes? Any way clicking on "OK" gave this message "the specified program could not be found". Does it matter if the path is typed in caps or all lower case as indicated in your resoponse?
Now I did "search" function and found that there are two sets of "iexplore.exe" one is in c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe but the words "iexplore.exe is in all caps. The other path is c:\winnt\system32\dllcache. I tried both. It did not work. I also followed the DDE instructions as you have posted. I tried to ran the regsvr.... and it said succeded.
But the problem still exists.
Please help. Otherwise I will be forced to just stop using IE and go to Firefox.
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:
"john" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:68A88A6D-BAE4-4FFB-A3EC-AD9E523FE420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxI use a public computer (one used by several people). Using IE6.0. Some of the other people use Firefox on the same computer. I find that all my favorites have converted to firefox bookmarks (when i open a bookmark it opens in firefox window and not in IE window). I thought may be the other guy had converted the favorites file to firefox file. So, I copied my IE favorites folder from the other computer on a USB drive (E:) and wanted to copy it over this messed up file. But as I looked in the E: drive, I find that the computer is reading the bookmarks in that folder as firefox files. I opened a file di rectly from the E:. It opens in Firefox.
What is wrong and how can i fix the problem? Thanks for the help.
From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
Open Windows Explorer. Go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types. Scroll down to URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol and select it. Click Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version. Select 'open'. Click Edit.
"Application used to perform this action" should read:
"C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\iexplore.exe" -nohome (Check the path to iexplore.exe to make sure that is correct and use the double quotes.)
DDE should be checked and in the boxes below it you should have:
#1: "%1",,-1,0,,,, #2 IExplore #3 (blank)
#4 WWW_OpenURL
URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy should be the same.
Sometimes it is necessary to uncheck Use DDE.
If that doesn't fix it, go to Start | Run and type
regsvr32 urlmon.dll
.
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