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Clicking on the new mail icon in MSN Messenger.
Does anyone know how to make firefox load, instead of IE all the time,
when doing the above?

Thanks

JC wrote:

> Clicking on the new mail icon in MSN Messenger.
> Does anyone know how to make firefox load, instead of IE all the time,
> when doing the above?
>
> Thanks

In Firefox or Thunderbird there are options to make them default apps.
under Tools Options General

shannon wrote:
> JC wrote:
>
>> Clicking on the new mail icon in MSN Messenger.
>> Does anyone know how to make firefox load, instead of IE all the
>> time, when doing the above?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> In Firefox or Thunderbird there are options to make them default apps.
> under Tools Options General

That doesn't work. MSN Messenger insists on launching IE no matter what.

I found a workaround, but it's not great, have to install some third party
stuff.

Anyhow, this is how I did it:

Downloaded MSN Plus from http://www.msgplus.net/download.php

You then need to download a plugin for MSN Plus, this plugin has a setting
"launch mail in default browser"

The plugin is: http://www.stuffplug.com/

Then:

1. Open messenger and select the "Plus" menu option.
2. Select "Plug-ins"
3. Enable "Stuff Plug"
4. Restart Messenger.
5. Go back into !Plus and into the Plug-in again.
6. Click on "Stuff Plug" and hit the configure button.
7. Select 'Open Hotmail Inbox in my default browser'.

If anyone knows an easier way I would love to hear it.

In article <stvie.744$>,
"Nik Coughin" <nrkn!no-spam!@woosh.co.nz> wrote:

>MSN Messenger insists on launching IE no matter what.

Does Dimdows support the concept of symlinks? If so, you could make a
symlink where Messenger expects to find Explorer, only it's pointing to
the Firefox executable.