Default Browser

[gooner]

Hi :wave: I recently downloaded Firefox as my browser to replace IE. however when I get an email with a web link in it it opens IE instead of firefox. any idea how I can change this and make Firefox my default?

I would rather keep IE as well as i do a bit of web site design and it is always useful for testing displays.

[renegade600]

in firefox, go to tools - options - general

[gooner]

Thanks Dan, but this does not solve it. It is not with all email links, the one from Cybertechhelp saying you had replied opened Firefox!

[renegade600]

see if this helps (http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2004/20040923.htm)

[gooner]

Sorry no change

[jcdarrow]

At http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;271512, Microsoft describes this bug in OE 5.5. At http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q269093/, they describe the same bug in Outlook.

I'm encountering this on Win XP w/ SP2, using OE 6.00.something for my e-mail client. I've set Firefox 1.0 as my default browser. Clicking a hyperlink from an OE message opens my Avant Browser instead (an IE-based tabbed browser). Microsoft's suggested workarounds include going to a version of OE before 5.5, or copying the shortcut from your e-mail message and pasting it in your preferred browser. Both are annoying.:dizzy: :( :upset:

[gooner]

Oh well, I will have to keep copying and pasting. Trouble is I don't thin k my other half will always notice or be bothered.

Thanks anyway