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Old May 24th 19, 01:08 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
freeman
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Default browser

My app to get the current default browser works on one Win XP Pro laptop
but comes back blank on a different Win XP pro laptop.

Both show FireFox as the default browser when I try to load a different
browser and it complains that it is not the default. I change the
default and still the second laptop app shows blank as the default.

How is the default browser stored ?
How is it hiding this ?

Illumination please.


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Old May 24th 19, 02:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default browser

FreeMan wrote:
My app to get the current default browser works on one Win XP Pro laptop
but comes back blank on a different Win XP pro laptop.

Both show FireFox as the default browser when I try to load a different
browser and it complains that it is not the default. I change the
default and still the second laptop app shows blank as the default.

How is the default browser stored ?
How is it hiding this ?

Illumination please.


At one time, it was easier to find reputable sites with
the default .reg file for each extension. There are web
sites for Vista/W7/W8/W10, that would have the file for
those OSes, but the file would not be the same for any
of them, so the files are not necessarily transferable.

Now, these came from somewhere. The ZIP contains a .reg file,
and to prevent any possibility of accidental "merge", you can
add .txt to the end of the unzipped file so you can
enjoy it each time in Notepad.

https://www.techsupportall.com/file-...or-windows-xp/

http://www.techsupportall.com/downlo...ion_fix_xp.zip

That will show you all the rubbish associated with the
setup for that file type.

In addition to the setting of Default applications
for an extension like that, there is likely also
a registry key for browser choice on an N SKU of Windows.
The EU made Microsoft add a browserchoice dialog to
Windows, so users could more easily select their favorite
browser, and not have the user assume that Internet Explorer
was the only option.

*******

By way of one of Brinks sites, here's a Link to Kellys Korner.
For example, Line 88 "Set Default Web Browser in Windows"

https://web.archive.org/web/20140122.../xp_tweaks.htm

And of all things, line 88 is an EXE file!

stbrws14.exe 43,285 bytes
SHA256: 2AD0641696CB40CF280503EBE2BF7CE56D171A2EF2EFA601EF 6ADD75807C33E9

It's supposed to look like this when you run it.

http://www.pc-tools.net/images/setbrows.gif

A later one, written by a guy at another one of the
famous windows web sites, is this one.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140121...ultbrowser.htm

Paul
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Old May 24th 19, 08:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default browser

FreeMan,

How is the default browser stored ?


Probably not at all. Its more likely it simply infers it from looking at
which program is linked to the different intarwebz related file extensions

Can you imagine the different browser makers agreeing on a single registry
key to store the "I'm the boss here" setting in ? I sure can't. :-)

How is it hiding this ?


See above.

Simpelest check would be to see, in the registry, who holds the HTM
extension.

I change the default and still the second laptop app shows blank as the
default.


In that regard, what is your current check ? You didn't mention it (I'm
just curious here).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser



 




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