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Zane
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How to set as default browser in Windows Vista?

Back to Windows XP, I used this http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm to set PFF as default browser.

This utility no longer runs on Vista: any hint?

Thanks!

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Try my

DefaultMyFFP.
Report back if it works, I'd like to know.
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So, it's good... almost

So, it's good... almost perfect!

Just a single issue so long: whenhever I try to open a .url link (Internet Explorer favorites) the page open up correctly in Firefox, but I also get this error

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6233/errgn1.gif

Fix this and you are the man!!

Thanks again!

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Weird

Seems as though you might not have sufficient permissions to write the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\http\shell\open\command
Have a check.
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It's set correcttly to

It's set correcttly to ...\FirefoxPortable.exe -url "%1"

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Uhmm, what is the -url

Uhmm, what is the -url switch I see? I cant find any mention to it

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments

I removed it from just HKLM\..\http\... but I keep on getting the same problem...

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I'm sure

it used to be -url "<url>" but it must have changed.
I'll check.
Edit: It is set to that on mine. Just quickly, open regedit and open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL
Set the (Default) key to FirefoxHTML
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Nope!

Nope! Same problem...

Zane
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Another note: if I "run it

Another note: if I "run it as admin" ( http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8590/asadmingd9.gif ) all the .url shortcut become icon-less.

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Any help would be still

Any help would be still appreciated, many thanks.

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I still don't know

If anyone has a Vista plaform which I might be able to access via VNC, please post.
Alternatively, John, if you have Vista, could you try it?
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I have Vista

I'll take a gander when I get a chance. And I gotta shoot you an email about it anyway as I'm considering adding it as a built in feature to the platform and was hoping to tap you for help working on it.

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

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Great

Good news all round then.
You'd better do it soon as I'm going on camp on Monday.
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Ohh

U B gone for a week?

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5 days

I should be gone for 5 days.
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while (true) echo "Please

while (true)
echo "Please John, please!\n";

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Yeh, well

He hasn't mentioned it recently.
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Just a quick 'n' dirty

Just a quick 'n' dirty workaround: set Firefox as default in control panel. Portable Firefox will become default as long as it's open when you try to open an associate protocol.

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