Firefox not really default browser in Vista
I installed twhirl, to give it a twirl with twitter.
First issue was that URLs opened in Internet Explorer, instead of in Firefox. A bit searching lead me to throk.net for a possible solution, but Mozilla Firefox doesn’t show up under Set Program Access and Computer Defaults
. It was mentioned that Flock doesn’t show up either, but Firefox 3 does.
Next try brought me to CNET’s Forums, where it was pointed out that IE still holds some file associations (*.url
for one). Before I tried to mess around with that, I tried the suggestion of one LinuxDude
; executing the following command from the Run dialog (Win key + R): firefox.exe -silent -setDefaultBrowser
This worked, but I can’t see any changes in Default Programs
. I haven’t restarted yet, though.
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- Published by: Tormod Haugen
- Published at: May 21, 2008 - 10:33 CET
- Category: Technology
- Tags: browser, firefox, ie, thwirl, twitter, vista, windows
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Takk! Jeg har slitt med samme greia. Alltid flott med de som tråkker opp stien for deg
May 21st, 2008 at 13:23