TheFiresInTheSky Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 ive noticed in some programs, ill click a link and it opens it up in IE. i thought i got rid of IE but i guess its coming back for revenge. how can i disable IE so no windows start up in it? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted August 9, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2006 In whatever browser you use tell it to be the default browser. In FF its: Tools>options>general> check now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiresInTheSky Posted August 9, 2006 Author Share Posted August 9, 2006 i did that, for the most part it works. but if im using a certain program, it opens up in IE. could it be that it was only made for IE? (bitcomet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted August 9, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2006 Maybe I dont use bitcomet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 ive noticed in some programs, ill click a link and it opens it up in IE. i thought i got rid of IE but i guess its coming back for revenge. how can i disable IE so no windows start up in it? thanks. Funnily enough I had a problem with Firefox not being properly recognised as the default browser yesterday, despite it telling me it was. Fixed quite simply here just by changing my default browser to IE, then back to Firefox. Might be worth a try. Have a look through these links if that doesn't work: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.ph...2351524#2351524 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_Your_Default_Browser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Had a similar prob a while back and fixed it by doing the below. In Windows XP, go to "Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs -> Set Program Access and Defaults (on the left) -> Custom". After expanding the "Custom" category, you will see Internet Explorer and other installed browsers listed under "Choose a default Web browser". Select Mozilla or Mozilla Firefox. (Copy and pasted from the bottom link in JDPower's post.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mps69_1999 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I've just been speaking to one of the guys at work, who creates webpages and he tells me it might have something to do with the link. Depending on who wrote the page they may have coded it to only open in IE. Something to think about. My Webpage Googletalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 9, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2006 Some programs actually create shortcuts to open their help .htm files, or even their URL into Internet Explorer. Such links may look like these when looking at the properties: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "C:\Program Files\Some App\some_app_help.htm""C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.some_app_website.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDemolition Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 some programs also use only IE and not the default browser. the Mu Online launcher is notorious for it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 9, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 9, 2006 Something I forgot is when creating a Microsoft Word document and exporting it as a webpage (.htm, mht, mhtml) that can cause IE to open instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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