How can I make links in Google Earth open in Firefox instead of IE?

Greetings, group. I have a question: How can I make links in
Google Earth open in Firefox instead of IE? The only setting
regarding browsers I can fine in Google Earth is the
"Open links in external browser" checkbox, which is checked.
So clicking on a hyperlink in Google Earth *should* open the
linked-to page in my default browser (Firefox.)

That's not what's happening, though! Instead, links open in
Internet Explorer. So, how can I fix that?

(It seems that I had to contend with this problem on another
computer a couple years ago, but I don't remember how I fixed it.
Some registry setting or something.)

Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on
this issue!

OS version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
IE version: 8.0.6001.18702
Firefox version: 3.6.15
Google Earth Version: 5.1.3534.0411

(PS: I was tempted to start by asking this in a Google Earth
or Firefox related group, but I figure that Windows XP has
to be the "intermediary" here, passing info from one program
to the other; so I decided to ask here.)

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Cheers,
Robbie Hatley
Stanton, CA, USA
lonewolf (at) well (dot) com
http://www.well.com/user/lonewolf/

Why aren't you asking in an IE newsgroup or the FireFox newsgroups?

On 3/15/2011 10:16 PM, Robbie Hatley wrote:

Greetings, group. I have a question: How can I make links in
Google Earth open in Firefox instead of IE? The only setting
regarding browsers I can fine in Google Earth is the
"Open links in external browser" checkbox, which is checked.
So clicking on a hyperlink in Google Earth *should* open the
linked-to page in my default browser (Firefox.)

That's not what's happening, though! Instead, links open in
Internet Explorer. So, how can I fix that?

(It seems that I had to contend with this problem on another
computer a couple years ago, but I don't remember how I fixed it.
Some registry setting or something.)

Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on
this issue!

OS version: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
IE version: 8.0.6001.18702
Firefox version: 3.6.15
Google Earth Version: 5.1.3534.0411

(PS: I was tempted to start by asking this in a Google Earth
or Firefox related group, but I figure that Windows XP has
to be the "intermediary" here, passing info from one program
to the other; so I decided to ask here.)

"Robbie Hatley" wrote in message
...

Greetings, group. I have a question: How can I make links in
Google Earth open in Firefox instead of IE? The only setting
regarding browsers I can fine in Google Earth is the
"Open links in external browser" checkbox, which is checked.
So clicking on a hyperlink in Google Earth *should* open the
linked-to page in my default browser (Firefox.)

That's not what's happening, though! Instead, links open in
Internet Explorer. So, how can I fix that?

The cause seems probably within the coding of Google Earth's
own software, that may call for (MS) IE rather than the system's
default browser. So too are some other apps (e.g. those
called by links in (MS) email.

When Firefox is currently loaded, Google Earth links seem
to load OK in Firefox. The problem appears only when no
browser is currently loaded, i.e. whatever executes the file
call must get a browser to load before it can load the link.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

On 2011-03-16 5:47 AM, Don Phillipson wrote:

"Robbie Hatley" wrote:

... links open in Internet Explorer ...

The cause seems probably within the coding of Google Earth's
own software, that may call for (MS) IE rather than the system's
default browser. So too are some other apps (e.g. those
called by links in (MS) email.

When Firefox is currently loaded, Google Earth links seem
to load OK in Firefox. The problem appears only when no
browser is currently loaded, i.e. whatever executes the file
call must get a browser to load before it can load the link.


Hmmm. Interesting. That's not what's happening in my case,
though. All links in Google Earth load in Internet Explorer
only, not in Firefox (which is set as default browser),
regardless of which browsers are/aren't currently running.

All the "URL" file types in "Folder Options" are pointing
at Firefox, too, as far as I can see. But GE still opens
links in IE instead of FF.

And like I say, I used to have this problem handled, but
had to switch operations to a different computer, and
I don't remember what I did to fix this problem the last
time.

Anyone have any clues?

(On the other hand, I suppose its possible that recent
versions of Google Earth may force IE regardless of
what's in the registry, so it may be that this problem
is simply not solvable. But never hurts to try to find
a solution.)

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Cheers,
Robbie Hatley
Stanton, CA, USA
lonewolf (at) well (dot) com
http://www.well.com/user/lonewolf/

Robbie Hatley

Open Firefox
Click Tools
Click Options.........
General
Default Browser
Check Now

Click Ok

You can not have IE as a Default Browser

For you can only have one Default Browser
That why I go Opera

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