Internet Explorer address bar URLS still open in firefox

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Hi,
After using firefox for a while I'm going to go back to IE for various
reasons. I'm using XP SP2 I've reset IE to the default browser, using
the Internet Options control panel and 'Set program access and
defaults'.

However, whenever I click a bookmark or enter an address in the address
bar it opens in Firefox. Likewise when I click a favourite in Explorer
it launches in Firefox. Clicking links within a page in Internet
Explorer are OK and they open in the same page in IE.

In the Folder Options Control panel the entry for 'URL' is still

"C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -url "%1""

I tried changing this to reference IEXPORE.exe instead and it half
worked, only IE insisted on opening everything in a new window.

What is the correct entry for the URL type? or is there anyway
something else I should be trying. I tried reinstalling SP2 as per
instructions in the Microsoft Knowledge Base to remedy IE problems but
it didn't help.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
rossmmackenzieatgmail.com said:
Hi,
After using firefox for a while I'm going to go back to IE for various
reasons. I'm using XP SP2 I've reset IE to the default browser, using
the Internet Options control panel and 'Set program access and
defaults'.

However, whenever I click a bookmark or enter an address in the address
bar it opens in Firefox. Likewise when I click a favourite in Explorer
it launches in Firefox. Clicking links within a page in Internet
Explorer are OK and they open in the same page in IE.

In the Folder Options Control panel the entry for 'URL' is still

"C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -url "%1""

I tried changing this to reference IEXPORE.exe instead and it half
worked, only IE insisted on opening everything in a new window.

What is the correct entry for the URL type? or is there anyway
something else I should be trying. I tried reinstalling SP2 as per
instructions in the Microsoft Knowledge Base to remedy IE problems but
it didn't help.

Any help would be appreciated.
Click to expand...

If all else fails uninstall Firefox (just keep its installation package on
the hard drive in case you want to use it again).
 
Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried that already (sorry should have
said in original message). After I had uninstalled firefox, whenever I
tried to open favourite I got an 'application not found' message.

Thanks
 
IEXPORE.EXE is incorrect.

The entry for the Open action for URL Internet Shortcut is:

rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l

Use DDE (checked)
DDE message: (blank)
Application: shdocvw
DDE app not running (blank)
Topic: System


....Alan
 
Nick Le Lievre said:
If all else fails uninstall Firefox (just keep its installation package on
the hard drive in case you want to use it again).
Click to expand...

That would be a good thing to do however I just uninstalled Firefox 1.5 on
my Windows 2000 system. I set Firefox to default browser so that I could
open links recieved from eBay via email. After uninstalling Firefox links
sent via email wouldn't automatically open in Internet Explorer I still had
to go into Internet Explorer > Programs and check the "Internet Explorer
should check to see whether its the default browser" then I loaded Internet
Explorer it asked if I wanted to make it default - I did then I could again
open links in email via Internet Explorer again.
 
rossmmackenzieatgmail.com said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried that already (sorry should have
said in original message). After I had uninstalled firefox, whenever I
tried to open favourite I got an 'application not found' message.
Click to expand...

Taken from another post below;

Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter:)

regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll


Alternatively, perhaps you can try an IE Repair (ref. KB194177)
 
Thanks for all the suggestions, unfortunately nothing seems to be
helping.

Alan Edwards said:
EXPORE.EXE is incorrect.

The entry for the Open action for URL Internet Shortcut is:

rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l

Use DDE (checked)
DDE message: (blank)
Application: shdocvw
DDE app not running (blank)
Topic: System

I already have this in the file types entry for 'URL'. Where the
problem seems to be is the entry near the top of the list for
Extension: None,
File Types: 'URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocol'.

I tried changing this to what Alan suggested but I get the message

'The target "" of this Internet Shortcut is not valid. Go to the
Internet Shortcut property sheet and make sure the target is correct.'

Thanks again for the help.
 
Hang on please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't tell you to change URL:Hypertext Transfer Protocol to
anything!
For that:

Open action is:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome
Use DDE: (checked)
DDE message: "%1",,-1,0,,,,
Application: IExplore
DDE app not running (blank)
Topic: WWW_OpenURL

....Alan
 
Thanks, I tried this but it just freezes up and I have to kill all IE
processes.
 
Nick Le Lievre said:
Taken from another post below;

Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter:)

regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll


Alternatively, perhaps you can try an IE Repair (ref. KB194177)
Click to expand...


Nick,

In this case (OP's OS is XPsp2) an IE Repair is *usually* not possible.
Also, I'm not certain that this is the right .dll to target for this symptom.
Because Favorites are involved and not just the common URL protocols
I suspect it might be shdocvw.dll or even browseui.dll instead.
So I would suggest trying the regsvr32 commands listed
in KB831429 as a useful subset of the ones which an IE Repair
would do. I suggest that article because it is the only one which
includes the /i switch when appropriate. E.g. you can see in FixIE.inf
that those modules are all made to execute DllInstall and not just
DllRegisterServer by an IE Repair.

Notice I wrote *usually* above. XP users who installed IE6sp1
before upgrading to XPsp1 or XPsp2 would have setupwbv.dll
installed and could use it by Run... (e.g. press Win-R and enter:)

rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance

as hinted at the bottom of KB194177.


XPsp2 provides a (sometimes[1]) undocumented /rereg switch on iexplore.exe
to try to substitute for the lack of an IE Repair. I suspect it was undocumented
because there are errors in the ieuinit.inf file which would make it abort
and thus be less effective than it might be.

Here's a repost of the 4 changes that I found necessary to make it more effective:

<paste>
Specifically I found the following errors on mine (mostly to do with whether
there is a DllRegisterServer entry point or just a DllInstall entry point
in each of the following modules:

%11%\comctl32.dll,NI
%11%\digest.dll,NI
%11%\inetcpl.cpl,NI (I deleted the first and left this.)
;%11%\msapsspc.dll (I actually deleted this line.)

Making those four changes allowed the whole section to execute cleanly.
</paste>


[1] A new article KB902932 now refers to /rereg
but doesn't warn about the above defects
or try to use the stronger repairs provided
by KB831429.


BTW thanks for helping. ; )


FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
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