Opening Opera web pages on my computer

This is sort of a general question in Windows 98, so if this is the wrong
group I'm sorry.

A while ago I changed the default browser in my Win 98 computer from IE to
Opera. At around the same time, I think, all the web pages saved on my
computer changed their icon to the Opera icon from the IE icon.

But now I see that when I click on one of these saved web pages, it doesn't
open the document, it just activates the Opera application.

If I hold shift and right click the html document's icon, and choose the
Open With dialog box, and choose Opera, the same thing happens: the Opera
application gets activated, but the document does not open.

However, if I use the Open With dialog and choose IE or Firefox, the
document opens normally in IE or Firefox.

How can I simply open the web page in Opera?

Alternatively, can I assign the html file type to open in IE or Firefox,
even while leaving Opera as my default browser?

Thanks.
Larry

MEB
Thu Feb 28 18:05:37 PST 2008

Is the extension you're trying to open *.mht?

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"Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@att.net> wrote in message
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|
|
| This is sort of a general question in Windows 98, so if this is the wrong
| group I'm sorry.
|
| A while ago I changed the default browser in my Win 98 computer from IE to
| Opera. At around the same time, I think, all the web pages saved on my
| computer changed their icon to the Opera icon from the IE icon.
|
| But now I see that when I click on one of these saved web pages, it
doesn't
| open the document, it just activates the Opera application.
|
| If I hold shift and right click the html document's icon, and choose the
| Open With dialog box, and choose Opera, the same thing happens: the Opera
| application gets activated, but the document does not open.
|
| However, if I use the Open With dialog and choose IE or Firefox, the
| document opens normally in IE or Firefox.
|
| How can I simply open the web page in Opera?
|
| Alternatively, can I assign the html file type to open in IE or Firefox,
| even while leaving Opera as my default browser?
|
| Thanks.
| Larry
|

Larry
Thu Feb 28 18:13:28 PST 2008

No, it's .htm.




"MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is the extension you're trying to open *.mht?
>
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>
> MEB
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>
> "Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@att.net> wrote in message
> news:%23CYMjDneIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> |
> |
> | This is sort of a general question in Windows 98, so if this is the
wrong
> | group I'm sorry.
> |
> | A while ago I changed the default browser in my Win 98 computer from IE
to
> | Opera. At around the same time, I think, all the web pages saved on my
> | computer changed their icon to the Opera icon from the IE icon.
> |
> | But now I see that when I click on one of these saved web pages, it
> doesn't
> | open the document, it just activates the Opera application.
> |
> | If I hold shift and right click the html document's icon, and choose the
> | Open With dialog box, and choose Opera, the same thing happens: the
Opera
> | application gets activated, but the document does not open.
> |
> | However, if I use the Open With dialog and choose IE or Firefox, the
> | document opens normally in IE or Firefox.
> |
> | How can I simply open the web page in Opera?
> |
> | Alternatively, can I assign the html file type to open in IE or Firefox,
> | even while leaving Opera as my default browser?
> |
> | Thanks.
> | Larry
> |
>
>

PA
Thu Feb 28 18:41:46 PST 2008

Try posting to an Opera forum or newsgroup, Larry.

Opera Forum
http://my.opera.com/

Opera newsgroups
http://www.opera.com/newsgroups/

Opera newsserver
news://news.opera.com
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Larry wrote:
> This is sort of a general question in Windows 98, so if this is the wrong
> group I'm sorry.
>
> A while ago I changed the default browser in my Win 98 computer from IE to
> Opera. At around the same time, I think, all the web pages saved on my
> computer changed their icon to the Opera icon from the IE icon.
>
> But now I see that when I click on one of these saved web pages, it
> doesn't
> open the document, it just activates the Opera application.
>
> If I hold shift and right click the html document's icon, and choose the
> Open With dialog box, and choose Opera, the same thing happens: the Opera
> application gets activated, but the document does not open.
>
> However, if I use the Open With dialog and choose IE or Firefox, the
> document opens normally in IE or Firefox.
>
> How can I simply open the web page in Opera?
>
> Alternatively, can I assign the html file type to open in IE or Firefox,
> even while leaving Opera as my default browser?
>
> Thanks.
> Larry

thanatoid
Fri Feb 29 13:21:32 PST 2008

"Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@att.net> wrote in
news:#CYMjDneIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

<SNIP>

> How can I simply open the web page in Opera?

I have the same problem with OffByOne, my preferred browser.
Although it is set up as default html (etc.) handler, in file
assocs, it will NOT open a saved html file (i.e. web page) by
clicking on that page. But when I open the application (it
actually "starts up", just like your Opera does, just no page
opens) and then click on "open file" in it, and then click on
the page I want, it opens fine. A minor annoyance considering
the speed and advantages of Ob1.

I could possibly fix it in file assoc by making it the default
for "edit" but it hadn't occurred to me before, to be honest.
It's just no big deal.

> Alternatively, can I assign the html file type to open in
> IE or Firefox, even while leaving Opera as my default
> browser?

You can assign an htm to open in ANY application, even Photoshop
(although I have no idea what would happen) but you have to
choose ONE application, so IE AND Firefox won't work. You COULD
default "open" to IE, and "edit" to Firefox (or some such
variation), but that probably isn't what you're after.

Why not just MAKE UP YOUR MIND as to which browser you like and
get rid of IE and Firefox (IMHO, the "I'm too smart to use IE"
user's IE) and use Opera for everything? It IS the best and
safest, you know.

I only have Opera /and/ Ob1 because Ob1 is the fastest and 100%
safe browser available. I only use Opera for my bank and
javashit-heavy sites etc.


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Franc
Tue Mar 04 10:19:25 PST 2008

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:58:31 -0600, letterman@invalid.com put finger
to keyboard and composed:

>This is tedious, but right click, choose properties, highlight the
>http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com hit ctrl C to copy it. Then paste it into
>the URL line in Opera. It will work, but that's too much hassle for
>me.

I'm using Opera 9.26. My HTM file associations work as expected, ie
clicking a HTM file launches Opera, as does clicking a URL in my email
client (Eudora) or newsreader (Agent).

- Franc Zabkar
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