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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:02 am

Can you make it open links in the default browser program instead of IE...
IE == bad, Firefox == good.

Or if too tricky to get working properly, give us an option to set what program to launch mailto, ftp, and http links in?

(Zmud and cmud both do this when using #url too afaik)

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:05 am

I have both IE and Firefox installed, and using #URL or clicking on the links open up in Firefox. mailto opens up in Thunderbird. Are you sure firefox is your default browser?

Charneus

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:21 am

Vista Ultimate 64x, Firefox 2 (latest), Cmud 2.2# (6? i think)

I think there's multiple ways to detect the default, and the default installation of firefox (and even setting all the programs defaults correctly using the Vista UI) doesn't seem to capture properly. Have seen this in a few programs. Outlook throws an error but opens correctly (Therefore it can find it correctly, but is still buggy), MSN ads open in IE (so incorrect use there), yet all web pages and shortcuts on my local drive open fine. I can reproduce it easily (every time i install, you know, every 2nd week ;) will duble check #url now.. and nope, thats still IE.

Perhaps the easiest thing is a setting that attempts to autodetect until you set it. I can (almost?) guarantee that I wouldn't be the only one that has this issue on this particular setup.

Oh, and yes defaults are set proper

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:11 pm

Both CMUD and zMUD are looking for what program is set in Windows to be assigned to the ".htm" extension. Sounds like your Firefox didn't get installed properly or something. I have Vista here and Firefox and links open in Firefox just fine. You might do a Google search on how to set your default web browser to get instructions on how to do it because it sounds like something is messed up in your Windows Registry that is preventing Firefox from setting itself as the default.

But I've always just used the default installer for Firefox and never had trouble, even on Vista, so I'm not sure what else to suggest.

Unfortunately, there isn't any good way for me to add options for this myself. I am using several 3rd party components and they all rely upon Windows being set up for the default browser correctly. I haven't looked at the detailed code in a while, but I'm pretty sure they look in the registry for the ".htm" extension entry and look at the entry for the "open" command for that file extension.

Also, you say it also happens in zMUD, but I've never gotten any bug reports about this in zMUD either, so I really think the problem is more unique to your computer than you might think.

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:30 am

Happened to me on ASUS G2S + Vista 64 Ultimate + z/cmud, and on ASUS M70SA + Vista 64 Ultimate + cmud (can't remember 100% if it was happening on the ASUS A2K + WinXP Pro + zmud, probably not, I think this is more a Vista compatability issue)

Every time it was just a default install of windows + cmud + firefox for it to act funny. I'll double check all the file extensions now and edit this post... Though if this is the case, it's still going to happen for alot of people, as I haven't done anything for IE to take over file extensions (I hate that software like I hate the plague, being a web dev ;) )

IE currently has:
.gif (again, goddamn I keep fixing that :( )
.mfp
.mht
.mhtml
.url (are you using these?, I'll edit again after I check if firefox opens these)
.vdx
.vsd
.vss
.vst
.vsx
.vtx
.xevgenxml
.xrm-ms
.xsl

So unless it's a gif, propriatary microsoft format, some xml, or the "url" option, it should be opening in firefox :) will check url now

Just changed .url, still opened in IE, .htm and .html both set to firefox, gonna try explicitly setting my browser in "program defaults" instead of telling it to use my "web browser" (which is set to firefox)

Ok, got it, I had to explicitly set firefox as the program by going Control Panel->Default Programs->Set Program Access And Computer Defaults->Custom->Use a default web browser->"Mozilla Firefox" (vs using "Use my current Web Browser")

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:59 am

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:08 am

Step 1 before I install anything on Vista is disabling UAC, and I always run as admin, so I don't think it's a permissions issue. Wasn't really saying this was a bug with cmud so much as a problem which cmud had the potential to fix. Either way, there's a solution on the forums now if anyone else runs into the problem, and I've filed a bug report with mozilla.

Thanks for the prompt replies Zugg :)

Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 7 Location: Australia

Anyone got clicked urls to open in zmud in windows 10? I get the appropriate mouse-over icon change, but chrome won't fire.

Novice Joined: 12 Jul 2012 Posts: 47

I do. I use Chrome for my regular web browsing but it's not the default. Firefox is my default and the MU* links open in there for me.

Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 7 Location: Australia

If anyones got it to work with chrome I'd love to know.

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:45 pm

I just tried disabling Internet Explorer 11, and now the links don't do anything when clicked upon.
Chrome is set as default for all the things it can be set for.
Might be able to COM into it somehow, but there seems to be no native way to do this.

Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2017 Posts: 1

Has anyone had any luck fixing this? It's driving me crazy, and is nearly the -last- bug I'm trying to fix. :(

Newbie Joined: 15 Nov 2010 Posts: 1

Nope :D

I haven't been able to solve it. I have Windows 10 and .htm, .html, web browser, etc all set to Chrome but everything opens in IE.

Zugg, if you're alive, fix eeetttt!!

Newbie Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 2

I've been having similar issues myself. My preferred/default browser is Chrome, and is set as such in the Control Panel for app defaults -- though, from something I noticed when trying to find something in the "store" (Windows 10 does something weird that way), it might only be looking for the '.html' extension, and '.htm' falls into the cracks of "windows default'. Clicking on a link in CMUD would launch the page in Edge ... I think. That had been the browser I changed my default FROM.

So, on a whim, I changed my default browser in the Control Panel, to FireFox, and tried clicking a link, and it opened in Chrome. Well, we were getting somewhere. So, I changed the default back to Chrome, and clicking on links within CMUD would then open in FireFox. Okay. I could live with that.

Then, completely unrelated, I had a system meltdown, and basically had to rebuild my computer. And, I tried the same trick when reinstalling my stuff. No such luck. While it started off using Edge to open links, changing my default to FireFox from Chrome didn't start opening links in Chrome, but used IE. :/ And changing back to Chrome hasn't changed that it wants to use IE for clicked links. I see mention that a solution is in the forums (from 10 years ago), but no reference as to where that solution can be found. Can someone point me to it?

Thanks!

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 8:22 pm

I never did mind a solution to this issue.
If you happen to discover it, please post it up.

Newbie Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 2

Well, after completely rereading this topic, I'm guessing that the bit that Zugg gave about messing with the registry is the solution.

And, after looking at the registry keys, I hate MicroSoft more than ever - even if you're changing things in the Control Panel (which is only good for your personal settings), it defaults in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT to "value not set" - which apparently lets it use its preferred default of IE. (Though, initially. it was using Edge, which horrifies me even more than IE does.)

So, yes, you need to actually make the change in the registry, because it needs to be in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -- the user registry location is not sufficient.

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 10:23 pm

OK So after some playing around, I found Zugg was heading in the right direction with this... but to fix this on windows 10 I changed the following:

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 10:33 pm

on another note on windows 8 and 10 Cmud should really be looking here for the system default browser:

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:30 pm

Sweet, this does in fact work.

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:01 am

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:17 pm

Just an Update here as i personally have changed to firefox:

Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2019 Posts: 1

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:44 am

Hi Everyone!

Reinstalled windows the other-day and decided to make this little batch script to make it easier for you all to switch CMUDs between firefox and chrome. Its all automated just select 1. for firefox or 2. for chrome and it will take care of the rest Cool

Download: https://www.themud.org/ZuggSoft/cmud-browser-selection.bat
MD5Sum: ca21aabab194d8c356288fb1caf4b6ba

Kind Regards,
Adam - TheMud.ORG Smile

Contents of: cmud-browser-selection.bat [Copy and Paste dose not seem to work, I recommend just downloading the script]

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 6:48 am

Updated the script above ^^

Will prob update it again for Windows 11 at some point - as they have changed how the default browser in windows is set... looks like they have gone back to the old windows 7 method...

Newbie Joined: 18 Jun 2021 Posts: 1

If anyone got it to work with chrome, I'd love to know.