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I saw this on a Windows mailing list, but no one has responded.
"I want to set a default program that is installed but not listed (Cyberfox). "How do I add it to the list?" Thanks. |
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:53:42 -0500, Alek
wrote: I saw this on a Windows mailing list, but no one has responded. "I want to set a default program that is installed but not listed (Cyberfox). "How do I add it to the list?" Try this site for instructions - http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...in-windows-10/ OR http://tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 |
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Monty wrote on 1/30/2016 7:47 PM:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:53:42 -0500, Alek wrote: I saw this on a Windows mailing list, but no one has responded. "I want to set a default program that is installed but not listed (Cyberfox). "How do I add it to the list?" Try this site for instructions - http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...in-windows-10/ OR http://tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 "If the program you want to use doesn’t appear on the list, click “more apps” to see all the programs that can handle that file type. If the program still doesn’t show up, click “look for another app on this PC” to select it manually using File Explorer." Worth a try! Does this work for Win 8.x? |
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On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:54:01 -0500, Alek
wrote: Monty wrote on 1/30/2016 7:47 PM: On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:53:42 -0500, Alek wrote: I saw this on a Windows mailing list, but no one has responded. "I want to set a default program that is installed but not listed (Cyberfox). "How do I add it to the list?" Try this site for instructions - http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...in-windows-10/ OR http://tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 "If the program you want to use doesnt appear on the list, click more apps to see all the programs that can handle that file type. If the program still doesnt show up, click look for another app on this PC to select it manually using File Explorer." Worth a try! Does this work for Win 8.x? The instructions for Win 8.x are very similar to the Windows 10 instructions I pointed you to. Let's start again! I started with a Google search for "how to set default programs in windows 8.1" You can view the windows.microsoft.com instructions for Win 8.1 at http://tinyurl.com/gkuwdy5 |
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Monty wrote on 1/31/2016 4:40 PM:
On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:54:01 -0500, Alek wrote: Monty wrote on 1/30/2016 7:47 PM: On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:53:42 -0500, Alek wrote: I saw this on a Windows mailing list, but no one has responded. "I want to set a default program that is installed but not listed (Cyberfox). "How do I add it to the list?" Try this site for instructions - http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...in-windows-10/ OR http://tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 "If the program you want to use doesn’t appear on the list, click “more apps” to see all the programs that can handle that file type. If the program still doesn’t show up, click “look for another app on this PC” to select it manually using File Explorer." Worth a try! Does this work for Win 8.x? The instructions for Win 8.x are very similar to the Windows 10 instructions I pointed you to. Let's start again! I started with a Google search for "how to set default programs in windows 8.1" You can view the windows.microsoft.com instructions for Win 8.1 at http://tinyurl.com/gkuwdy5 Doesn't work for apps not either listed or in the store (but installed). |
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On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:50:31 -0500, Alek
wrote: Monty wrote on 1/31/2016 4:40 PM: On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 11:54:01 -0500, Alek wrote: Monty wrote on 1/30/2016 7:47 PM: On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 17:53:42 -0500, Alek wrote: I saw this on a Windows mailing list, but no one has responded. "I want to set a default program that is installed but not listed (Cyberfox). "How do I add it to the list?" Try this site for instructions - http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...in-windows-10/ OR http://tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 OR http://preview.tinyurl.com/zqf5we7 "If the program you want to use doesnt appear on the list, click more apps to see all the programs that can handle that file type. If the program still doesnt show up, click look for another app on this PC to select it manually using File Explorer." Worth a try! Does this work for Win 8.x? The instructions for Win 8.x are very similar to the Windows 10 instructions I pointed you to. Let's start again! I started with a Google search for "how to set default programs in windows 8.1" You can view the windows.microsoft.com instructions for Win 8.1 at http://tinyurl.com/gkuwdy5 Doesn't work for apps not either listed or in the store (but installed). Alek, I have just installed Cyberfox on my Win10 PC and that proved to be a bit of a pain to set as a default program - but, I got there in the end. Navigate to Default Programs: Control Panel, then (if using View by: Category ) click Programs, then Default Programs. OR Control Panel, then (if using View by: Small icons ) click Default Programs. The Default Programs panel will give you 4 choices. Choose the 2nd option "Associate a file type or protocol with a program". Now you should have a list of Extensions. Scroll down to "HTML". Double click the program listed under "Current Default" for HTML. You should now get a list of programs which process HTML files. Hopefully, Cyberfox will be in this list. (It was on my PC after I chose the 2nd option and proceeded as described above). (At this point I restarted my PC. I don't know if this was necessary or not - just trying to be safe or something!) Now you should get a chance to start again, this time selecting the 1st option "Set your default programs". |
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Monty wrote on 1/31/2016 9:34 PM:
"If the program you want to use doesn’t appear on the list, click “more apps” to see all the programs that can handle that file type. If the program still doesn’t show up, click “look for another app on this PC” to select it manually using File Explorer." Alek, I have just installed Cyberfox on my Win10 PC and that proved to be a bit of a pain to set as a default program - but, I got there in the end. Now you should have a list of Extensions. Scroll down to "HTML". Double click the program listed under "Current Default" for HTML. You should now get a list of programs which process HTML files. Hopefully, Cyberfox will be in this list. It was not. The procedure at the top seems to work in every case. The only problem occurs if Windows does not offer to let you look for another app on this PC! Thanks. |
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On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 13:14:22 -0500, Alek
wrote: Monty wrote on 1/31/2016 9:34 PM: "If the program you want to use doesnt appear on the list, click more apps to see all the programs that can handle that file type. If the program still doesnt show up, click look for another app on this PC to select it manually using File Explorer." Alek, I have just installed Cyberfox on my Win10 PC and that proved to be a bit of a pain to set as a default program - but, I got there in the end. Now you should have a list of Extensions. Scroll down to "HTML". Double click the program listed under "Current Default" for HTML. You should now get a list of programs which process HTML files. Hopefully, Cyberfox will be in this list. It was not. The procedure at the top seems to work in every case. The only problem occurs if Windows does not offer to let you look for another app on this PC! Thanks. If I navigate to Control Panel/All Control Panel Items/Default Programs/"Associate a file type or protocol..." I can check which Extensions are associated with my browser - which is Pale Moon. Below is a list of these Extensions and associations on my PC: Name Description Current Default ..htm Pale Moon HTML Document Pale Moon web browser ..html Pale Moon HTML Document Pale Moon web browser ..shtml Pale Moon HTML Document Pale Moon web browser ..xht Pale Moon HTML Document Pale Moon web browser ..xhtml Pale Moon HTML Document Pale Moon web browser FTP URL:File Transfer Protocol Pale Moon web browser HTTP URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol Pale Moon web browser HTTPS URL:URL:File Transfer Protocol with Privacy Pale Moon web browser If you wish, you can do a similar check on your PC. Under "Name" there are two headings: "Extensions", "Protocols". Therefore, there are 2 lists - one after the other. In the listing above there are 5 Extensions and 3 Protocols which are associated with Pale Moon. YMMV on your PC. If you do check your PC, clicking on "Current Default" will sort that list of apps in alphabetical order. |
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