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David Cook
Attention Microsoft MVPs:
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There is a known problem with IE not asking whether it should become the
default
browser when it is not, even when its check-box is checked that says that it
should
check to see.
The SUPPOSED solution was documented at the URL:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/nopromptdefault.htm
However, the posted solution is INCORRECT and DOES NOT WORK (e.g. on
my Win-XP SP2 system).
The CORRECT solution is to run the registry edition as mentioned, and set
the value
to point back IE itself. Thus (e.g. for a normal Windows-XP system) the new
value needs to be:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
(The value shown, of "Somebrowser.exe" does not work. And, it also does not
work if the value points to some browser OTHER than IE. e.g. Opera or
whatever.)
Please correct this website writeup with the CORRECT solution!
Cheers...
Dave
---------------------------
There is a known problem with IE not asking whether it should become the
default
browser when it is not, even when its check-box is checked that says that it
should
check to see.
The SUPPOSED solution was documented at the URL:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/nopromptdefault.htm
However, the posted solution is INCORRECT and DOES NOT WORK (e.g. on
my Win-XP SP2 system).
The CORRECT solution is to run the registry edition as mentioned, and set
the value
to point back IE itself. Thus (e.g. for a normal Windows-XP system) the new
value needs to be:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
(The value shown, of "Somebrowser.exe" does not work. And, it also does not
work if the value points to some browser OTHER than IE. e.g. Opera or
whatever.)
Please correct this website writeup with the CORRECT solution!
Cheers...
Dave