Urls don't work from address bar

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When I type a url in the address bar it will launch the url in my default
browser (firefox) give me this message: "Cannot find the file
"http://www.xyz.com/" (or one of its components). Make sure the path and
filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." Then
it will open another tab to the same url.

The reason I'm posting this in the IE groups too is because the address bar
is an IE thing. This is a pretty recent development, I believe from when I
installed Firefox 0.9. I tried editing the file association for the URL
"filetype" as was suggested in one of the newsgroups but that didn't help.

And now after working on it a little more it will open without an error, but
if I try a different url while the first is still open then it will open a
new window and then close it, leaving only the first one when it USED to
open the new url in a new tab in the same window as the first.

-T

P.S. Sorry for the double post, I accidentally hit send when I meant to hit
the newsgroups button to add a couple more to the CC: field. Please respond
to THIS message so that the users of all groups that get it will also
receive any answers that may arise.
 
T said:
When I type a url in the address bar it will launch the url in my default
browser (firefox) give me this message: "Cannot find the file
"http://www.xyz.com/" (or one of its components). Make sure the path and
filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." Then
it will open another tab to the same url.

The reason I'm posting this in the IE groups too is because the address bar
is an IE thing. This is a pretty recent development, I believe from when I
installed Firefox 0.9. I tried editing the file association for the URL
"filetype" as was suggested in one of the newsgroups but that didn't help.

And now after working on it a little more it will open without an error, but
if I try a different url while the first is still open then it will open a
new window and then close it, leaving only the first one when it USED to
open the new url in a new tab in the same window as the first.

-T

P.S. Sorry for the double post, I accidentally hit send when I meant to hit
the newsgroups button to add a couple more to the CC: field. Please respond
to THIS message so that the users of all groups that get it will also
receive any answers that may arise.
Click to expand...
Try this: Open IE, set it as default browser. Close it. Open Firefox,
set it as default browser again. And try visiting some sites.

[KS]
 
Been there done that. One of the first things I tried. I also tried
SetBrowser 1.4 (http://www.pc-tools.net/) and still screwing up.

-T


T said:
When I type a url in the address bar it will launch the url in my default
browser (firefox) give me this message: "Cannot find the file
"http://www.xyz.com/" (or one of its components). Make sure the path and
filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." Then
it will open another tab to the same url.

The reason I'm posting this in the IE groups too is because the address bar
is an IE thing. This is a pretty recent development, I believe from when I
installed Firefox 0.9. I tried editing the file association for the URL
"filetype" as was suggested in one of the newsgroups but that didn't help.

And now after working on it a little more it will open without an error, but
if I try a different url while the first is still open then it will open a
new window and then close it, leaving only the first one when it USED to
open the new url in a new tab in the same window as the first.

-T

P.S. Sorry for the double post, I accidentally hit send when I meant to hit
the newsgroups button to add a couple more to the CC: field. Please respond
to THIS message so that the users of all groups that get it will also
receive any answers that may arise.
Click to expand...
Try this: Open IE, set it as default browser. Close it. Open Firefox,
set it as default browser again. And try visiting some sites.

[KS]
Click to expand...
 
There is a known problem with Firefox not setting itself as default browser
properly. If you go to the Firefox support forums you will find information
about that, and even a reg file that you can use to help fix things.

--
_______________________________________
Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999 (IE/OE)
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org

T said:
Been there done that. One of the first things I tried. I also tried
SetBrowser 1.4 (http://www.pc-tools.net/) and still screwing up.

-T


T said:
When I type a url in the address bar it will launch the url in my default
browser (firefox) give me this message: "Cannot find the file
"http://www.xyz.com/" (or one of its components). Make sure the path
and
filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." Then
it will open another tab to the same url.

The reason I'm posting this in the IE groups too is because the address bar
is an IE thing. This is a pretty recent development, I believe from when I
installed Firefox 0.9. I tried editing the file association for the
URL
"filetype" as was suggested in one of the newsgroups but that didn't help.

And now after working on it a little more it will open without an
error, but
if I try a different url while the first is still open then it will
open a
new window and then close it, leaving only the first one when it USED
to
open the new url in a new tab in the same window as the first.

-T

P.S. Sorry for the double post, I accidentally hit send when I meant
to hit
the newsgroups button to add a couple more to the CC: field. Please respond
to THIS message so that the users of all groups that get it will also
receive any answers that may arise.
Click to expand...
Try this: Open IE, set it as default browser. Close it. Open Firefox,
set it as default browser again. And try visiting some sites.

[KS]
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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