Re: Web browser question--Thanks!

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Jay,
Thanks for the assistance. This is a strange situation. When I look at
your FAQ site, below, I get it in Firefox. This normally happens in email,
and I never thought much of it. When I click on a HTML file on my hard
drive, I get Explorer. When I click on a link in Word, I get Explorer.
Strange, eh? I think it is time to contact Firefox and let them tell me
what to do, perhaps re-install the software. While I am no novice, I am
hesitant to mess around with registry keys under Windows. Thanks again for
your patience. You have been very helpful.




"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I suppose it's possible that an IE update changed the setting -- it has
happened before, although I think it's more a matter of oversight than
deliberate sabotage. You can check which is the real default browser by
double-clicking any HTML file on your local drive and seeing which program
opens it.

It's also quite possible that I'm wrong about which registry entry
controls handling of hyperlinks, which are not exactly the same as HTML
files. There are a number of other registry entries that could be
involved, for example

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTP\shell\open\command
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTPS\shell\open\command

Also, these and the HTML entry are copies of the corresponding ones under
the starting entry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT; changing one should change the
other.

As a last comment, if you're uncomfortable working in the registry, don't.
While it's quite possible to make registry changes safely if you know what
you're doing, it's also possible to make an unrecoverable mistake. If
you're moderately confident in your abilities, follow the instructions at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.

Michael Plog wrote:
Thanks for the information Jay, but now I'm confused. When I look in
the registry, I see
"Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" in the registry.

However, when I check Firefox (Tools > Options > Main), it has a
place to check and see if it is the default browser on startup. When
checked, it says Firefox is already set as the default. So, how can
I change the registry without screwing up other things. Should not
my selection of Firefox have changed the registry? Why would it
revert back to Explorer? I did get an update for Windows that had
Explorer updates. Could that have done it?


"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Michael Plog wrote:
I don't know if this is the correct newsgroup; if not, please direct
me.
I don't use Explorer for my web browser. My Word menu ...Tools >
Options > General > Web Options... does not give me any option
except different versions of Explorer. How can I turn this feature
off so a click on a URL will use my default browser?

Thanks in advance for your help.

That option doesn't control which browser is used to launch a URL.
It does control the kind of HTML that's generated when you save a
Word document as a web page
(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP030783361033.aspx). If you
click a URL in a Word document and it tries to launch Internet
Explorer instead of your default browser, something is wrong with the
configuration in your registry. It should be using the program
listed in the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\open\command. --
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.




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