PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
How to make Firefox the default browser:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...efault+Browser

NB: WinXP and OE may only be happy if IE is the default, Dave. YMMV.

It is my default browser. I've been using FF for a few yrs, but never had
this trouble until recently. Could a recent XP/IE update have caused this?



Dave wrote:
Mike,

I went to Folder Options| File Types, clicked the Advanced button,
then Edit... and redirected the 2 HTTP types to open w/ Firefox.exe,
and I deselected DDE. But no good. IE still tries (unsuccessfully)
to open HTTP
links. But it's random. Sometimes, FF will open them. Ugh.

-Dave


Michael Santovec wrote:
Only the 2 HTTP ones should matter. The one with Privacy refers to
HTTPS and the other to plain HTTP.

URLS such as FTP or Gopher going to IE shouldn't matter for this
problem. And the Mailto one should be pointing to your default mail
client.

Look at the details for the HTTP link. If it says to use DDE, you
might try unchecking that.


"Dave" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
Those are all HTTP links, so they all Ought to be processed the
same way.

Take a look at the file associations for "URL Hyper Text Transport
Protocol" and see what program it says is supposed to handle them.

You get there by opening Window Explorer, Tools, Folder Options,
File Types. If you sort
on Extension, the URL ones will be towards the top with the
"(NONE)" extensions.

There are a bunch of URL types. Some are associated with FireFox,
including the 2 HTTP ones. But some URL types are assocated with
IE. Does this matter?







"Dave" wrote in message
...
Michael Santovec wrote:
Is there anything about the links that IE tries to open that are
similar?

Mike, here are 3 links from newsgroups I read in OE.

The first 2 below are inconsistent. In most cases FireFox opens
them. But sometimes IE tries (unsuccessfully).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrcki3rlesk

http://en.wordpress.com/tag/kurt-rosenwinkle/

As many times as I click on this one, IE grabs it, though doesn't
open it.

http://essentialsound.com/mm5/mercha...ory_Co de=REF



OE depends on the Windows File Associations to to determine
which application opens a link. There are different file
associations for
different types of URLs.

There is a separate one for HTTP and HTTPS. As well as ones for
news,
mailto, etc.

Open Window Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, File Types. If
you sort
on Extension, the URL ones will be towards the top with the
"(NONE)"
extensions.

Not sure what you're telling me to do.






"Dave" wrote in message
...
That helped, but it didn't cure it. EI still randomly tries to
open links. If I click on a link, FF will open it most times,
but sometimes EI will still try it. It seems to happen less
often, but
still happens. I even rebooted after making my default
selections.



Bruce Hagen wrote:
[Crossposted to IE General. This is for Outlook Express]

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and
Defaults
Custom + Down Arrow | Choose a default Web browser. Select
the radio button for Firefox.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
I use Firefox. But recently, if I click on a link in a
newsgroup
post IE tries to open it--sometimes. (Don't recall if it
occurs w/
links in emails.) Not only do I not want IE to do this,
though it tries, it doesn't actually open the link
successfully. It gives the msg: invalid syntax error.

How do I make it so that IE does not try to open ANYTHING
(which is
it had been working)?

AFAIK you've never identified what version of IE you're running but yes,
/upgrading/ IE6 to IE7 or IE8 can cause such problems.

Dave wrote:
It is my default browser. I've been using FF for a few yrs, but never had
this trouble until recently. Could a recent XP/IE update have caused
this?

How to make Firefox the default browser:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...efault+Browser

NB: WinXP and OE may only be happy if IE is the default, Dave. YMMV.
SNIP

AFAIK you've never identified what version of IE you're running but yes,
/upgrading/ IE6 to IE7 or IE8 can cause such problems.

Dave wrote:
It is my default browser. I've been using FF for a few yrs, but never had
this trouble until recently. Could a recent XP/IE update have caused
this?

How to make Firefox the default browser:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...efault+Browser

NB: WinXP and OE may only be happy if IE is the default, Dave. YMMV.
SNIP

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
AFAIK you've never identified what version of IE you're running but
yes, /upgrading/ IE6 to IE7 or IE8 can cause such problems.

I'm running IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.080814-1233



Dave wrote:
It is my default browser. I've been using FF for a few yrs, but
never had this trouble until recently. Could a recent XP/IE update
have caused this?

How to make Firefox the default browser:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...efault+Browser

NB: WinXP and OE may only be happy if IE is the default, Dave. YMMV.
SNIP

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
AFAIK you've never identified what version of IE you're running but
yes, /upgrading/ IE6 to IE7 or IE8 can cause such problems.

I'm running IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.080814-1233



Dave wrote:
It is my default browser. I've been using FF for a few yrs, but
never had this trouble until recently. Could a recent XP/IE update
have caused this?

How to make Firefox the default browser:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...efault+Browser

NB: WinXP and OE may only be happy if IE is the default, Dave. YMMV.
SNIP