Re: Web browser question--Thanks!

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Right click an html file in Windows Explorer, select open with .... Select
Choose Program ... Choose the browser application you want to open html
files with and check the 'always open with this application' check box. Does
that fix it?

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Michael Plog wrote:
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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