How do I change a file association?

How do I chance the application that is used to open a website that's listed
as follows:

http://blog.codefront.net/2007/08/20/how-to-have-firefox-3-and-firefox-2-running-at-the-same-time/


Currently it's defaulting to IE7 and I want it to use something else to open
the file. Thanks.

Iceman
Sat Jun 28 11:27:11 PDT 2008

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:02:52 -0700, Steve Turner wrote in message
<news:ecoSmiT2IHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>:

> How do I chance the application that is used to open a website that's listed
> as follows:
>
> http://blog.codefront.net/2007/08/20/how-to-have-firefox-3-and-firefox-2-running-at-the-same-time/
>
>
> Currently it's defaulting to IE7 and I want it to use something else to open
> the file. Thanks.

Set your default browser to that "something else".

VanguardLH
Sat Jun 28 13:37:13 PDT 2008

"Steve Turner" in <news:ecoSmiT2IHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl> wrote:

> How do I chance the application that is used to open a website that's listed
> as follows:
>
> http://blog.codefront.net/2007/08/20/how-to-have-firefox-3-and-firefox-2-running-at-the-same-time/
>
> Currently it's defaulting to IE7 and I want it to use something else to open
> the file. Thanks.

That is a URL to a web page. It is *not* a URL to a file. So what was
it that you really wanted to do? Obviously a web browser gets used to
display a web page. Is it that you want some other web browser than IE
to load the web page? Or was there a file on that web page that you
wanted to download and then view?

Steve
Sun Jun 29 05:38:04 PDT 2008


"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
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> "Steve Turner" in <news:ecoSmiT2IHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl> wrote:
>
>> How do I chance the application that is used to open a website that's
>> listed
>> as follows:
>>
>> http://blog.codefront.net/2007/08/20/how-to-have-firefox-3-and-firefox-2-running-at-the-same-time/
>>
>> Currently it's defaulting to IE7 and I want it to use something else to
>> open
>> the file. Thanks.
>
> That is a URL to a web page. It is *not* a URL to a file. So what was
> it that you really wanted to do? Obviously a web browser gets used to
> display a web page. Is it that you want some other web browser than IE
> to load the web page? Or was there a file on that web page that you
> wanted to download and then view?

That's exactly it. I want the link to load in FF. In addition, previously a
link in Outlook Express would load in FF but now it insists on loading in
IE7. One of the reasons why I have opted to avoid IE7, apart from
vulnerability, is its insistence on taking control of my system.

Steve
Sun Jun 29 05:36:21 PDT 2008

"Iceman" <ismand_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:02:52 -0700, Steve Turner wrote in message
> <news:ecoSmiT2IHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>:
>
>> How do I chance the application that is used to open a website that's
>> listed
>> as follows:
>>
>> http://blog.codefront.net/2007/08/20/how-to-have-firefox-3-and-firefox-2-running-at-the-same-time/
>>
>>
>> Currently it's defaulting to IE7 and I want it to use something else to
>> open
>> the file. Thanks.
>
> Set your default browser to that "something else".

I did. That's the first thing I thought of. Still doesn't work. In addition,
when I click on a link in Outlook Express, IE7 loads the link, whereas
before I deleted the "something else" and reinstalled it, a link in OE would
open in my "something else."

Steve
Sun Jun 29 12:55:15 PDT 2008

"jetjock" <jetjock@hanger.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:38:04 -0700, "Steve Turner"
> <stevezygote@ohnoyadont.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
>>news:-sqdnT7A5M5kPfvVnZ2dnUVZ_q_inZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> "Steve Turner" in <news:ecoSmiT2IHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do I chance the application that is used to open a website that's
>>>> listed
>>>> as follows:
>>>>
>>>> http://blog.codefront.net/2007/08/20/how-to-have-firefox-3-and-firefox-2-running-at-the-same-time/
>>>>
>>>> Currently it's defaulting to IE7 and I want it to use something else to
>>>> open
>>>> the file. Thanks.
>>>
>>> That is a URL to a web page. It is *not* a URL to a file. So what was
>>> it that you really wanted to do? Obviously a web browser gets used to
>>> display a web page. Is it that you want some other web browser than IE
>>> to load the web page? Or was there a file on that web page that you
>>> wanted to download and then view?
>>
>>That's exactly it. I want the link to load in FF. In addition, previously
>>a
>>link in Outlook Express would load in FF but now it insists on loading in
>>IE7. One of the reasons why I have opted to avoid IE7, apart from
>>vulnerability, is its insistence on taking control of my system.
>>
> I had a similar problem after installing FF3. I set it as my default
> browser, but clicked links still opened in Mozilla Suite. Someone
> suggested that I set IE as my default browser and close it, then open
> FF3 and then set IT as the default. Worked great! Haven't had any
> problems since.

Wow. Easy solution! It worked! Thanks a lot!