Vista + Firefox question

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mhurdt

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I recently switched from IE7 to FireFox 3(Should have done it A LOT sooner!!!). I love the program except for one thing. In the Vista Start Menu when I click on my email button it still opens with IE7. Is there a way to fix this so that it uses FireFox instead?
Sorry if this is a newbee question!!!
 

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mhurdt said:
I recently switched from IE7 to FireFox 3(Should have done it A LOT sooner!!!). I love the program except for one thing. In the Vista Start Menu when I click on my email button it still opens with IE7. Is there a way to fix this so that it uses FireFox instead?
Sorry if this is a newbee question!!!
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Hi Mhurdt,

In Firefox goto Tools > Options > Applications tab then you can change the mailto: default program ;)

Steven
 

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I tried what you listed, but I don't need to use a program(ie. outlook) I just want the button to launch FireFox. I don't get a listing for that, and I can't add anything except a program. Any other ideas? Regedit maybe?
 

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  • CPU
    AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA nForce 560
    Memory
    2.5 DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz)
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150m
    Hard Drives
    160GB Hitachi ATA Device
There are many addons for firefox. I believe one of them allows you to do this. Please check it out. Also you can use one of firefox's brother programs. Thunderbird. It is from mozilla and is a full email program. Check them both out!
 

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    Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS
mhurdt said:
I tried what you listed, but I don't need to use a program(ie. outlook) I just want the button to launch FireFox. I don't get a listing for that, and I can't add anything except a program. Any other ideas? Regedit maybe?
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Firefox is also a program you can add and regedit is way overkill :sarc:

Use this Firefox Extension InvisGhost mentioned: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/206
You will need to login before your allowed to install the addon ;)

Steven
 

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