Re: IE launching when Firefox is default browser

Hi M :-)

Firefox> Tools> Options> General> Default browser> click the "Check now"
button and select "Yes."

then...

Go to Control Panel> Add/Remove programs> Set program access
and defaults> Select either Microsoft or Custom, tick the box next to
FireFox
and make it the default browser, enable access to IE
(you may need to be in Admin account to make this change.)

also..

Hyperlinks Open in Internet Explorer Instead of in the Default Browser
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810649

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - IE [DTS/AumHa]
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I have Firefox set as my default browser, although IE is still available on
the computer (Windows XP Pro).

Now, I have a copy of the Links toolbar on my desktop, from which I can
quick-launch various links. If I click on a link that appears direct on
the toolbar, it launches into FF (explorer.exe being the parent process).
However, the Links folder also contains subdirectories and if I select a
shortcut located within one of the subdirectories from the toolbar, then
it's IE that's launched instead. I've noticed that, in these cases, the
parent process is svchost.exe.

Does anyone know of any way to force such launches into FF instead of IE
(short of dragging the link into an existing FF window)? It's got me
baffled!

Thanks to anyone who can advise on this.

Regards




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