All URLs in IE6SP2 open up in Firefox??

[davidmichaelkarr]

I have a computer that just started doing something very odd. I use
both IE and Firefox for different things. Up to now, they've both
behaved normally. Now, for some reason, no matter how I go to a URL in
IE, clicking on the "links bar", entering a URL into the URL field, or
clicking on a link from a Google search, it always opens the URL in an
external Firefox window. If Firefox is running already, it opens it
up in that window. If Firefox is not running, it opens up a new
instance of it.

I have no clue what I might have done to put it into this state.

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
See "If nothing happens when you click a link:" at
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[PA Bear]

[We seem to be seeing a lot of these posts lately (links on an IE page
opening in FF). Wonder if a Firefox update or new version is behind it
all?]

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

David,

Type this in Start, Run:

cmd /c reg query "HKCR\CLSID\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}"

"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\RegInfo.txt"

This is a single-line command. Then open "RegInfo.txt" file present in the
Desktop, and post the contents here. I'm trying to find if the problem is
caused by a WU fix. (Ref:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/12/16/504864.aspx)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I have a computer that just started doing something very odd. I use
both IE and Firefox for different things. Up to now, they've both
behaved normally. Now, for some reason, no matter how I go to a URL in
IE, clicking on the "links bar", entering a URL into the URL field, or
clicking on a link from a Google search, it always opens the URL in an
external Firefox window. If Firefox is running already, it opens it
up in that window. If Firefox is not running, it opens up a new
instance of it.

I have no clue what I might have done to put it into this state.

 

[davidmichaelkarr]

This results in:
------------------------
! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}
<NO NAME> REG_SZ PSFactoryBuffer

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}\InProcServer32
------------------------

David,

Type this in Start, Run:

cmd /c reg query "HKCR\CLSID\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}"

"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\RegInfo.txt"

This is a single-line command. Then open "RegInfo.txt" file present in the
Desktop, and post the contents here. I'm trying to find if the problem is
caused by a WU fix. (Ref:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/12/16/504864.aspx)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I have a computer that just started doing something very odd. I use
both IE and Firefox for different things. Up to now, they've both
behaved normally. Now, for some reason, no matter how I go to a URL in
IE, clicking on the "links bar", entering a URL into the URL field, or
clicking on a link from a Google search, it always opens the URL in an
external Firefox window. If Firefox is running already, it opens it
up in that window. If Firefox is not running, it opens up a new
instance of it.

I have no clue what I might have done to put it into this state.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Now, type in:

reg delete "HKCR\CLSID\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}" /f

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


This results in:
------------------------
! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}
<NO NAME> REG_SZ PSFactoryBuffer

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C90250F3-4D7D-4991-9B69-A5C5BC1C2AE6}\InProcServer32
------------------------

 

[PA Bear]

Interesting (& nice catch, Ramesh!)

David, did you ever have IE7 Beta1, Beta2P or Beta2 installed? If so, how
did you install it?

IE December Security Update - addressing scattered reports of odd browser
behavior:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/12/16/504864.aspx

 

[davidmichaelkarr]

Bingo. Removing the registry key fixed the problem. Thanks.

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Bingo. Removing the registry key fixed the problem. Thanks.

Applause to Ramesh ;-)

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Thanks, Vincenzo

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Bingo. Removing the registry key fixed the problem. Thanks.

Applause to Ramesh ;-)

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

I'm glad that helped, David.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Bingo. Removing the registry key fixed the problem. Thanks.