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June 12, 2006 - 2:43am
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AnnaNmty
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Specify files to open with Portable Firefox without changing main computer's settings

Question: Is there a way to have html files on a flash drive open with Portable Firefox stored on the same flash drive, even if the drive letter of the device is unknown?

Task specifics: I want to give a person a flash drive which will contain confidential files (written in HTML) to view. Each file contains links to the others and there is a main index page.

I want the person to use Portable Firefox to view these files and to be able to navigate through the file group, but the computers used to plug in the drive will all have IE specified as the default browser and this setting will not be able to be changed. All computers used will run Windows XP. The user is not computer savvy.

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June 12, 2006 - 4:35am
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simple workaround?

Can you create a .bat file?

You could just add '@PortableFirefox.exe index.html' in the batch file (this example with index.html in the same folder as PortableFirefox.exe). You could even create a shortcut to it and modify its icon, or whatever change you would like to make.

Then just instruct the user to run that 'loader' instead of the html file?

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June 12, 2006 - 8:46am
John T. Haller
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Single Index

Best to have a single index.html file that links to all the others (using relative links) and then specify that as the start page within PFF using the INI option. (Check the readme and example INI in Other\PortableFirefoxSource for more info).

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

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June 12, 2006 - 2:59pm
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AnnaNmty
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Thanks!

I used the .ini solution, but thanks for both responses. Never underestimate the value of reading a README file...

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