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Name: WDGC
Date: March 18, 2005 at 22:30:09 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home Edition S
CPU/Ram: Pentium IV 512MB
Comment:

I have Firefox 1.01 installed, the OS is Win. XP Home Edit. SP2.

However, Firefox does not appear on the "Opens With" list and using the "Browse" feature to select the desired application does not effect the required change.

On my other computer after installing Firefox it automatically appeared on the "Opens With" list.

Is there a way I can manually add Firefox to the list, or, somehow else overcome this problem?



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Response Number 1
Name: Krystyna
Date: March 18, 2005 at 22:38:30 Pacific
Reply:

Hi WDGC

Choose a file that you want to open with Firefox, right click and choose "Open With"
Browse to Firefox, and check the box at the bottom that says "Always use this program to open these files"

That should add Firefox to the list.

Krystyna


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Response Number 2
Name: WDGC
Date: March 19, 2005 at 00:31:29 Pacific
Reply:

Unfortunately not.

This is the procedure I called the "Browse" feature.

As it is .html and .htm files which I wish to always open with Firefox, I also followed these steps with File Options > File Types, without success.


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Response Number 3
Name: rvanhorne
Date: March 19, 2005 at 04:43:07 Pacific
Reply:

As it is .html and .htm files which I wish to always open with Firefox,

FolderOptions»FileTypes associate HTML and HTM with Firefox.

axel


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Response Number 4
Name: WDGC
Date: March 19, 2005 at 19:31:32 Pacific
Reply:

This is precisely what I have already done!

[from my previous post]
As it is .html and .htm files which I wish to always open with Firefox, I also followed these steps with File Options > File Types, without success.


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Response Number 5
Name: Krystyna
Date: March 19, 2005 at 19:40:25 Pacific
Reply:

What happens if you double click a htm/html file ?
Does it open in Firefox...or in Internet Explorer ?

Krystyna


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Response Number 6
Name: domass
Date: March 19, 2005 at 21:41:59 Pacific
Reply:

You should set your default browser to Firefox in the main page of the Tools > Options.


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Response Number 7
Name: WDGC
Date: March 20, 2005 at 00:52:48 Pacific
Reply:

I have since learned the registry key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\firefox.exe\shell\open\command

with value data

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" "%1"
[inverted commas included]

needs to be present for Firefox to appear in the "Opens With" list.

The key was present but, for whatever reason, did not have the value data set.

Adding "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" "%1" to value data has fixed the problem.


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Response Number 8
Name: Krystyna
Date: March 20, 2005 at 00:59:17 Pacific
Reply:

Nice bit of detective work!

Krystyna


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