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I am using Netscape Communicator 4.79 on my WIN98 machine to read
newsgroups only. I am using FF 1.0 as my default browser. When I click a
link in a news message, it opens in Navigator browser. I'd prefer the
link opened in FF. Is there any way *other than changing newsreaders* to
fix this?
Thank you.

Steve
41N

Salut à toi *Steve IA*, tu nous disais ce samedi 08/01/2005 dans
<news:> vers 13:41:52 ce qui suit :

> I am using Netscape Communicator 4.79 on my WIN98 machine to read
> newsgroups only. I am using FF 1.0 as my default browser. When I click a
> link in a news message, it opens in Navigator browser. I'd prefer the
> link opened in FF. Is there any way *other than changing newsreaders* to
> fix this?
> Thank you.
>
> Steve
> 41N

In FF go to tools | options | general or main (I Have FF in french)
then choose FF has to verify it's the default browser :')

--
L'erreur est de croire qu'on est seul devant ses problèmes !
Essayer Firefox - Thunderbird - MesNews ... et s'ils vous conviennent
ICQ# 225201643

Michel Doucet wrote:
>
> Salut à toi *Steve IA*, tu nous disais ce samedi 08/01/2005 dans
> <news:> vers 13:41:52 ce qui suit :
>
> > I am using Netscape Communicator 4.79 on my WIN98 machine to read
> > newsgroups only. I am using FF 1.0 as my default browser. When I click a
> > link in a news message, it opens in Navigator browser. I'd prefer the
> > link opened in FF. Is there any way *other than changing newsreaders* to
> > fix this?
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Steve
> > 41N
>
> In FF go to tools | options | general or main (I Have FF in french)
> then choose FF has to verify it's the default browser :')
>
> --
> L'erreur est de croire qu'on est seul devant ses problèmes !
> Essayer Firefox - Thunderbird - MesNews ... et s'ils vous conviennent
> ICQ# 225201643

I had FF set as default browser, and have now ticked Tools General
Default Browser 'FF should check to see..'

but that didn't help. Links still opened in Navigator.
It's as if Messange and Navigator are tied together in Communicator. I
can find no place in Navigator to unselect Default Browser.

Thanks
Steve
41N

_Steve IA_, sabato 08/gen/2005:

> Michel Doucet wrote:
>>
>> Salut à toi *Steve IA*, tu nous disais ce samedi 08/01/2005 dans
>> <news:> vers 13:41:52 ce qui suit :
>>
>>> I am using Netscape Communicator 4.79 on my WIN98 machine to read
>>> newsgroups only. I am using FF 1.0 as my default browser. When I click a
>>> link in a news message, it opens in Navigator browser. I'd prefer the
>>> link opened in FF. Is there any way *other than changing newsreaders* to
>>> fix this?
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>> 41N
>>
>> In FF go to tools | options | general or main (I Have FF in french)
>> then choose FF has to verify it's the default browser :')
>>
>> --
>> L'erreur est de croire qu'on est seul devant ses problèmes !
>> Essayer Firefox - Thunderbird - MesNews ... et s'ils vous conviennent
>> ICQ# 225201643
>
> I had FF set as default browser, and have now ticked Tools General
> Default Browser 'FF should check to see..'
>
> but that didn't help. Links still opened in Navigator.
> It's as if Messange and Navigator are tied together in Communicator. I
> can find no place in Navigator to unselect Default Browser.
>

Steve, I've read that this issue is often solved by making IE the default
browser, then making again FF as default.

HTH,
--
Maria Luisa C - 08/01/2005 17.14.22

MLC wrote:
>
> _Steve IA_, sabato 08/gen/2005:
>
> > Michel Doucet wrote:
> >>
> >> Salut à toi *Steve IA*, tu nous disais ce samedi 08/01/2005 dans
> >> <news:> vers 13:41:52 ce qui suit :
> >>
> >>> I am using Netscape Communicator 4.79 on my WIN98 machine to read
> >>> newsgroups only. I am using FF 1.0 as my default browser. When I click a
> >>> link in a news message, it opens in Navigator browser. I'd prefer the
> >>> link opened in FF. Is there any way *other than changing newsreaders* to
> >>> fix this?
> >>> Thank you.
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>> 41N
> >>
> >> In FF go to tools | options | general or main (I Have FF in french)
> >> then choose FF has to verify it's the default browser :')
> >>
> >> --
> >> L'erreur est de croire qu'on est seul devant ses problèmes !
> >> Essayer Firefox - Thunderbird - MesNews ... et s'ils vous conviennent
> >> ICQ# 225201643
> >
> > I had FF set as default browser, and have now ticked Tools General
> > Default Browser 'FF should check to see..'
> >
> > but that didn't help. Links still opened in Navigator.
> > It's as if Messange and Navigator are tied together in Communicator. I
> > can find no place in Navigator to unselect Default Browser.
> >
>
> Steve, I've read that this issue is often solved by making IE the default
> browser, then making again FF as default.
>
> HTH,
> --
> Maria Luisa C - 08/01/2005 17.14.22

Maria,
Before I switched to FF, IE was my default browser and the Messenger
opened all links in Navigator. I changed to FF and it does the same
thing. I will default back to IE, then back to FF and see if that
changes anything. Thanks for the suggestion.

Steve
41N

Steve IA wrote:
> MLC wrote:
>
>>_Steve IA_, sabato 08/gen/2005:
>>
>>
>>>Michel Doucet wrote:
>>>
>>>>Salut à toi *Steve IA*, tu nous disais ce samedi 08/01/2005 dans
>>>><news:> vers 13:41:52 ce qui suit :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am using Netscape Communicator 4.79 on my WIN98 machine to read
>>>>>newsgroups only. I am using FF 1.0 as my default browser. When I click a
>>>>>link in a news message, it opens in Navigator browser. I'd prefer the
>>>>>link opened in FF. Is there any way *other than changing newsreaders* to
>>>>>fix this?
>>>>>Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>>Steve
>>>>>41N
>>>>
>>>>In FF go to tools | options | general or main (I Have FF in french)
>>>>then choose FF has to verify it's the default browser :')
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>L'erreur est de croire qu'on est seul devant ses problèmes !
>>>>Essayer Firefox - Thunderbird - MesNews ... et s'ils vous conviennent
>>>> ICQ# 225201643
>>>
>>>I had FF set as default browser, and have now ticked Tools General
>>>Default Browser 'FF should check to see..'
>>>
>>>but that didn't help. Links still opened in Navigator.
>>>It's as if Messange and Navigator are tied together in Communicator. I
>>>can find no place in Navigator to unselect Default Browser.
>>>
>>
>>Steve, I've read that this issue is often solved by making IE the default
>>browser, then making again FF as default.
>>
>>HTH,
>>--
>>Maria Luisa C - 08/01/2005 17.14.22
>
>
> Maria,
> Before I switched to FF, IE was my default browser and the Messenger
> opened all links in Navigator. I changed to FF and it does the same
> thing. I will default back to IE, then back to FF and see if that
> changes anything. Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Steve
> 41N

I don't think there is any way around this, NC4.x is so integrated with
itself.

I had a friend in the same situation who worked around the problem by
using OpTool:

http://www.kreacom.dk/tools/optool/

You then highlight the link and use the copy function to open the
browser of your choice.

The only other answer would be to switch to Thunderbird as a newsreader.

Lee

Leonidas Jones wrote:

>
> I don't think there is any way around this, NC4.x is so integrated with
> itself.
>
> I had a friend in the same situation who worked around the problem by
> using OpTool:
>
> http://www.kreacom.dk/tools/optool/
>
> You then highlight the link and use the copy function to open the
> browser of your choice.
>
> The only other answer would be to switch to Thunderbird as a newsreader.
>
> Lee

Lee,
Thanks, I'll try it.

Steve
41N

Steve IA wrote:
>
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't think there is any way around this, NC4.x is so integrated with
> > itself.
> >
> > I had a friend in the same situation who worked around the problem by
> > using OpTool:
> >
> > http://www.kreacom.dk/tools/optool/
> >
> > You then highlight the link and use the copy function to open the
> > browser of your choice.
> >
> > The only other answer would be to switch to Thunderbird as a newsreader.
> >
> > Lee

Lee,
Well the optool works (after figuring out the fuzzy {to me anyway}
settings. The big problem is that it conflicts with Desiderata Fixnews
(simple and effective filter/killfile)which is one of the reasons I
stick with NS 4.79.
Thanks again

Steve
41N

Steve IA wrote:
> Steve IA wrote:
>
>>Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I don't think there is any way around this, NC4.x is so integrated with
>>>itself.
>>>
>>>I had a friend in the same situation who worked around the problem by
>>>using OpTool:
>>>
>>>http://www.kreacom.dk/tools/optool/
>>>
>>>You then highlight the link and use the copy function to open the
>>>browser of your choice.
>>>
>>>The only other answer would be to switch to Thunderbird as a newsreader.
>>>
>>>Lee
>
>
> Lee,
> Well the optool works (after figuring out the fuzzy {to me anyway}
> settings. The big problem is that it conflicts with Desiderata Fixnews
> (simple and effective filter/killfile)which is one of the reasons I
> stick with NS 4.79.
> Thanks again
>
> Steve
> 41N

Well, I have never used NC as a newsreader, so past that I'm out. Sorry.

Lee

Steve IA wrote:
> I am using Netscape Communicator 4.79 on my WIN98 machine to read
> newsgroups only. I am using FF 1.0 as my default browser. When I click a
> link in a news message, it opens in Navigator browser. I'd prefer the
> link opened in FF. Is there any way *other than changing newsreaders* to
> fix this?
> Thank you.
>
> Steve
> 41N


I d/l a little program called Set Browser and that did the trick.

http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/setbrowser/

Bev C