Firefox as default browser

[MichaelE]

Any FF lovers out there??
Why can I not get FF 0.9 acting as a default browser even though I have set it to be the default browser. ??
I use WinXP home

Any support in this matter ??
Michael

[ronjor]

Originally Posted by MichaelE

Any FF lovers out there??
Why can I not get FF 0.9 acting as a default browser even though I have set it to be the default browser. ??
I use WinXP home

Any support in this matter ??
Michael

In tools, options, general, place a checkmark in the check browser entry.

[MichaelE]

ronjor
I have done so but no luck ??
Michael

After the check is made, press the button that says "check now", the rest is obvious.

[ronjor]

Originally Posted by MichaelE

ronjor
I have done so but no luck ??
Michael

Uncheck the corresponding entry in IE. Do you use both browsers?

I have no problems on XP using both as necessary.

[MichaelE]

Helping Guest.
I have done so and it tells me FF is default browser.

ronjor.
I do have to use IE for my banking matters so I guess I must live with it.
Have set IE to ask for default and will see how this works.

Thank´s to both for your effort to support the old man up in Sweden...

Michael

Hmm Ive seen a few posts these days in various forums with people having problems setting FIrefox as default. I wonder if there's a bug somewhere.

Note, some apps are hardcoded to use IE to open pages regardless of the default though....

[ronjor]

Originally Posted by Justhelping

Hmm Ive seen a few posts these days in various forums with people having problems setting FIrefox as default. I wonder if there's a bug somewhere.

Note, some apps are hardcoded to use IE to open pages regardless of the default though....

Some Microsoft pages won't display using Firefox and Proxomitron. That is not a Firefox problem as such. It is a non-standard coding problem.

What does proxomitron have to do with anything?

[ronjor]

Originally Posted by Justhelping

What does proxomitron have to do with anything?

Good point anonymous.

Proxomitron strips items from web pages. Depending on the filters you use, pages sometime won't render at all.

I mentioned proxomitron here in case someone was using it.

As far as bugs go with Firefox, you can submit those to the coders and they usually fix them rather quickly.

Windows update will not display for me, for instance, using FireFox.

Originally Posted by ronjor

Good point anonymous.

Proxomitron strips items from web pages. Depending on the filters you use, pages sometime won't render at all.

I mentioned proxomitron here in case someone was using it.

Ah so it was a red herring.

Windows update will not display for me, for instance, using FireFox.

You are kidding right?

Originally Posted by Just helping

Ah so it was a red herring.




You are kidding right?

What the **** are you talking about? Do you even know what a red herring is? Read up on it before you accusse someone of using one.

http://www.nizkor.org/features/falla...d-herring.html

Fwiw, I am having the exact same problems as the original poster. I was using FF .8 and it was my default browser. I installed .9 (story in itself) and when I click on a link in my email program (OE), it opens in IE.

I have check the FF settings (checkbox & checknow). I have also tried resetting it completely - unchecking, closing, start IE, make it default, close it, start FF (it DID notice and ask again), say 'yes'.

Still IE opens when I click on a link.


This is on XP Pro using SP2 (the one dl'd from ms yesterday).


side note re: installing FF .9. I installed over .8, just like I would doing *any* upgrade. It toasted FF completely - error messages galore. Had to uninstall, remove directory, and reinstall .9 fresh. Not good....