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| 290260 | 2004-11-10 20:54:00 | Having tried out and decided upon Firefox as my default browser (in XP Pro), I'm currently trying to find ways of cutting off associations with IE. Not as in remove it from the system but to make it so it won't open as the default browser. The thing is, even though Firefox is now set as the default, when I check my mail from within Messenger it opens in IE as do the autorun browser interfaces of magazine cover cd's. Is there some setting I can change to stop that and force Firefox to handle things? I'm not so fussed about the autorun issue but I would like to see Messenger reliquish its grip on IE. The 'Stuffplug' plugin for Messenger Plus claims to be able to open hotmail using the default browser but it still comes up as IE even though Firefox is set (and works) as the default. I'm figuring it would most probably take a little visit to the registry to sort out, unless someone knows of some handy software for doing such tasks. Does anyone have any pointers? |
Catweazle (2535) | ||
| 290261 | 2004-11-10 21:07:00 | msn messenger always uses IE, i dont think there is a way around it, there maybe, there could be a registry tweak. have you gone to the control panel then add/remove programs and then to set defaults blah blah, and then have you selected make this the defult browser, i think you have but just check it anyway HTH |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 290262 | 2004-11-10 21:34:00 | I have it working now. Having set Firefox as the default browser (I had changed it from within Firefox), I had assumed wrongly that Firefox was now the current browser, and had selected the 'current browser' in the 'program access and defaults' page. A quick change to 'Firefox' and lo and behold, Messenger uses Firefox to open my mail account. Wow...That Stuffplug plugin works! No more IE! ^___^ Thanks for that, Prescott. |
Catweazle (2535) | ||
| 290263 | 2004-11-10 22:00:00 | oh whoops i was wrong my bad:8} , im glad you got it to go, im gonna have a look at that stuffplug in, is that a extension to firefox or a plugin for msn plus? | Prescott (11) | ||
| 290264 | 2004-11-10 22:35:00 | It's a plugin for Messenger Plus (itself, a brilliant piece of widgetry) . You can pick it up from here: . msgplus . net/pluginsdb/down/?action=file&id=93" target="_blank">www . msgplus . net Once installed, just go to the plugin preferences and enable/disable functions according to your needs . Cheers . |
Catweazle (2535) | ||
| 290265 | 2004-11-10 23:23:00 | yeah i know its brilliant, ive got it too, had it for ages, i really like the auto message option, really handy when my pc is connected to the net downloading stuff and im not there :D | Prescott (11) | ||
| 290266 | 2004-11-11 01:19:00 | Peruse my old Posts - I wrote a quick How-To for replacing IE and/or Outlook Express with Firefox and/or Thunderbird. Just one reboot is all it takes to be IE-Free forever....;-) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 290267 | 2004-11-11 01:31:00 | I don't have MSN but do have a hotmail account. I have a bookmark in Firefox for getting the login page and get/send my messages that way. Don't have to leave Firefox at all. | pulling hair out (4493) | ||
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