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A friend has asked me if I can hekp solve this behaviour.
I got her to switch to Firefox for browsing - a long overdue switch,
but there ya go. Now, whenever she opens a link in an email, it still
opens in IE.

Yes, we have made FF the default browser.

Any tips as to forcing XP to use FF? I have located this thread
[http://groups.google.co.uk/group/24h...ireFox&rnum=3]
in this group. It doesn't answer the question.

Cheers in advance.

John

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I've also seen this which implies that it is not fixable:
"After IE55 is installed, Outlook Express will send all hyperlinks to
Internet Explorer, regardless of your default browser settings.
*Outlook email messages are handled differently*, depending on the
format of the email message. If the email message is formatted using
plain or rich text, then hyperlinks are handled by the default browser,
as expected. However, *for emails formatted as HTML, hyperlinks are
ALWAYS handled by Internet Explorer*, regardless of the default browser
setting."
http://www.netcaptor.com/article/91/

dashie wrote:
> A friend has asked me if I can hekp solve this behaviour.
> I got her to switch to Firefox for browsing - a long overdue switch,
> but there ya go. Now, whenever she opens a link in an email, it still
> opens in IE.
>
> Yes, we have made FF the default browser.
>
> Any tips as to forcing XP to use FF? I have located this thread
> [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/24h...ireFox&rnum=3]
> in this group. It doesn't answer the question.
>
> Cheers in advance.
>
> John
>
> --
> Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of
> Art. - Oscar Wilde

dashie wrote:

> I've also seen this which implies that it is not fixable: "After IE55
> is installed, Outlook Express will send all hyperlinks to Internet
> Explorer, regardless of your default browser settings. *Outlook email
> messages are handled differently*, depending on the format of the
> email message. If the email message is formatted using plain or rich
> text, then hyperlinks are handled by the default browser, as
> expected. However, *for emails formatted as HTML, hyperlinks are
> ALWAYS handled by Internet Explorer*, regardless of the default
> browser setting."
> http://www.netcaptor.com/article/91/

"Update: See this Microsoft Knowledge Base article which acknowledges
the bug. It appears to have been fixed for IE6."

You don't mention the version of Windows. Why not upgrade to IE6, which
has been out for about six years now? Though still buggy and insecure,
it is a lot better than any flavor of v.5.

Change to a modern email client, such as Thunderbird...
http://k75s.home.att.net/tips.html#email

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-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
::snip::

> You don't mention the version of Windows. Why not upgrade to IE6, which
> has been out for about six years now? Though still buggy and insecure,
> it is a lot better than any flavor of v.5.
>
That's pretty obvious.

WE DON'T WANT TO USE IE.

WE WANT TO USE FIREFOX.

If you cannot read, nor answer the question, please don't bother
replying.

TIA.

dashie wrote:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>::snip::
>
>> You don't mention the version of Windows. Why not upgrade to IE6, which
>> has been out for about six years now? Though still buggy and insecure,
>> it is a lot better than any flavor of v.5.
>>
> That's pretty obvious.

Glad you agree.

> WE DON'T WANT TO USE IE.

So don't.

> WE WANT TO USE FIREFOX.

Great decision.

> If you cannot read, nor answer the question, please don't bother
> replying.

I read very well, thank you.

The page you cited answered your own question, which I reaffirmed. It
says the bug of OE always opening IE was *fixed* in IE6. Remember, you
will also get OE6 along with IE6.

SO IF YOU INSTALL IE6, YOUR OE WILL THEN OPEN LINKS IN YOUR DEFAULT
BROWSER.

Please try to follow along.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> dashie wrote:
>
>> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>> ::snip::
>>
>>> You don't mention the version of Windows. Why not upgrade to IE6, which
>>> has been out for about six years now? Though still buggy and insecure,
>>> it is a lot better than any flavor of v.5.
>>>
>> That's pretty obvious.
>
> Glad you agree.
>
>> WE DON'T WANT TO USE IE.
>
> So don't.
>
>> WE WANT TO USE FIREFOX.
>
> Great decision.
>
>> If you cannot read, nor answer the question, please don't bother
>> replying.
>
> I read very well, thank you.
>
> The page you cited answered your own question, which I reaffirmed. It
> says the bug of OE always opening IE was *fixed* in IE6. Remember, you
> will also get OE6 along with IE6.
>
> SO IF YOU INSTALL IE6, YOUR OE WILL THEN OPEN LINKS IN YOUR DEFAULT
> BROWSER.
>
> Please try to follow along.
>
Perhaps dashie can only understand words with two syllables or less.

Let me try.

dashie-
UPDATE OF IE WILL FIX YOUR PROBLEM.

max
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Max Wachtel wrote:

> Perhaps dashie can only understand words with two syllables or less.

<lol!>

My apologies for including a few three syllable words. (Whoops! There's
a few more.)

Let's try: "I'm sorry for using big words."

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-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Sorry.

You seem to be saying something counter-intuitive.

In order to stop Outlook opening hyperlinks automatically in IE,
instead of the default browser, I need to update the browser I don't
want to use (IE)?

Isn't that odd?

"I read very well, thank you.

The page you cited answered your own question, which I reaffirmed. It
says the bug of OE always opening IE was *fixed* in IE6. Remember, you
will also get OE6 along with IE6.

SO IF YOU INSTALL IE6, YOUR OE WILL THEN OPEN LINKS IN YOUR DEFAULT
BROWSER.

Please try to follow along. "

Thanks for misreading again. And the supercilious attitude (look it up)

We are not talking about OE

We are talking about Outlook, a different program altogether.

Please do reply if you have an answer.

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Max Wachtel wrote:
>
> > Perhaps dashie can only understand words with two syllables or less.
>
> <lol!>
>
> My apologies for including a few three syllable words. (Whoops! There's
> a few more.)
>
> Let's try: "I'm sorry for using big words."
>
> --
> -bts
> -Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

Sorry, maybe you weren't aware that OE & Outlook were different
programs?