Default browser command line location?

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Chris May

I didn't have any problem choosing Mozilla as my default web browser, but I need
to access the actual command line that starts it in default situations. The
only way to stop the Mozilla splash at opening is to add "nosplash" as a switch.

I'm sure it's probably in the Registry somewhere, but where?

Thanks for any help.

ChrisM
 
Chris said:
I didn't have any problem choosing Mozilla as my default web browser, but I need
to access the actual command line that starts it in default situations. The
only way to stop the Mozilla splash at opening is to add "nosplash" as a switch.

I'm sure it's probably in the Registry somewhere, but where?
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Hi,

For Mozilla Firefox, you will need to add the switch for the firefox.exe
launch under the following registry keys (and maybe use "-nosplash"):

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CHROME\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command
 
| Chris May wrote:
|
| > I didn't have any problem choosing Mozilla as my default web browser, but I need
| > to access the actual command line that starts it in default situations. The
| > only way to stop the Mozilla splash at opening is to add "nosplash" as a switch.
| >
| > I'm sure it's probably in the Registry somewhere, but where?
| >
| Hi,
|
| For Mozilla Firefox, you will need to add the switch for the firefox.exe
| launch under the following registry keys (and maybe use "-nosplash"):
|
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CHROME\shell\open\command
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\shell\open\command
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command

Thanks for your reply, Torgeir. But I'm actually using Mozilla v.1.7.12, not
Firefox. Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, there is no CHROME sub folder. Nor did
searching turn up any likely substitute. I have the others — with MozillaHTML
as #2 instead of FirefoxHTML, of course. Entries are the same for all three:

C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\MOZILLA.EXE -url "%1"

There are two other suspicious areas following MozillaHTML: MozillaXHTML and
MozillaXML. Their entries are the same as above, and I'm guessing they'll need
to be changed, too.

I'm thinking ........\MOZILLA.EXE -nosplash -url "%1" should do what I want. Is
there something else I should look for in place of the missing CHROME area?

Thanks for your help.

ChrisM
 
Chris said:
| Chris May wrote:
|
| > I didn't have any problem choosing Mozilla as my default web browser, but I need
| > to access the actual command line that starts it in default situations. The
| > only way to stop the Mozilla splash at opening is to add "nosplash" as a switch.
| >
| > I'm sure it's probably in the Registry somewhere, but where?
| >
| Hi,
|
| For Mozilla Firefox, you will need to add the switch for the firefox.exe
| launch under the following registry keys (and maybe use "-nosplash"):
|
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CHROME\shell\open\command
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\shell\open\command
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command
| HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command

Thanks for your reply, Torgeir. But I'm actually using Mozilla v.1.7.12, not
Firefox. Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, there is no CHROME sub folder. Nor did
searching turn up any likely substitute. I have the others — with MozillaHTML
as #2 instead of FirefoxHTML, of course. Entries are the same for all three:

C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\MOZILLA.EXE -url "%1"

There are two other suspicious areas following MozillaHTML: MozillaXHTML and
MozillaXML. Their entries are the same as above, and I'm guessing they'll need
to be changed, too.

I'm thinking ........\MOZILLA.EXE -nosplash -url "%1" should do what I want. Is
there something else I should look for in place of the missing CHROME area?
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Hi,

No, I would think the CHROME part is a thing that applies to Firefox
and not Mozilla.
 
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