Thursday, June 17, 2004

Firefox 0.9, Outlook 2000 and the "Locate Link Browser" dialogue

Had an issue where links clicked on in emails were launching in Firefox (as expected) but were also throwing up a "Locate Link Browser" dialogue box, which was asking me to select the program to launch the URL with. I selected Firefox (logical I hear you say....)

Now I had 2 windows opening each time I clicked on a URL in an email.

Solution?

Easy:
From a file browser window click Tools > Options, File Types Tab.
Select the "(NONE) URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol" entry
Select the "open" option and click "Edit"
Clear out the "DDE Application Not Running" field.
Click OK
Click "Set Default"

Problem resolved.


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