HTML/HTM icons

Hi,

I have been struggling with this problem for quite some time now.
I have set FF as my default browser for quite some time now. When I
first set is as the default all the HTML/HTM files rightly got set to
the FF icon. But then after some time (I think momentarily IE accidently
became the default browser - for 5 mins) all the HTML/HTM icons are just
the windows default application icon (the white with blue bar at top). I
tried changing them by going to Windows Explorer -> Folder options ->
File types and explictly change the icons for the HTML files, but still
no sucess.

I got really puzzled when same thing happened with my office PC too. Any
solutions?

Oh, I have Windows XP pro on both the machines, if that helps.

TIA

 

Ranjit said the following on 4/27/05 7:19 PM:

Right-click on the required file whilst pressing <ctrl> at the same
time. 'Open With ..' should appear in the menu. Select 'open with' and
navigate to the firefox.exe icon. Should work ...

 

Hi gadge,

I tried what u mentioned and even clicked on "always use the selected
program to open selected kind of file", but somehow the html icons are
still the default windows app. Not sure what's going wrong !!!

Thanks anyways, do let me know if you have any more suggestions.

 

If you have TweakUI installed, there should be a "Repair Icons" option
that might fix this.

 

I tried TweakUI's Repair Icons and all it did was rearrange my desktop
icons. HTM and HTML files still have a generic icon but open in Firefox.

I think a recent WinXP update messed things up.

 

Oh! good atleast shares the same problem.
I even tried deleting the file types and then "Restoring them".
Now they have IE icon but since I changed the "open with", they open up
in mozilla. I think I can stay with the IE icon rather than the generic
one .

Doug, do let me know if u find a better solution.

 

Have you tried reinstalling FF?

 

Since I don't have the problem I can't really test this but it's what
I'd try in your situation.

- Make sure IE is set to NOT be the default browser, and is set to NOT
ask to be set as the default, using Control panel - Internet Options -
Programs tab. Close out the dialogue.
- Make sure FF IS set as the default browser using Tools - Options -
General. Close the browser.
- Use XP's "Set Program Access and Default" on the Start menu to
verify/set Firefox as the default browser. Close the dialogue.
- Reboot
- Before running FF, check in Windows Explorer to see what the icons now
are. If necessary, open Tools - Folder Options - File Types tab -
Advanced - Change Icon, and set the icon for the HTM and HTML (and any
other related ones).
- Reboot if you had to change anything in the last step.
- Recheck the icons in Windows Explorer
- Run FF