Directing Desktops Shortcuts to Non-Default Browser

[Fred]

Firefox is my default browser. I have a web page Favorite shortcut placed on
my desktop that is not supported by Firefox. Of course, when I click on the
icon, if tries to open in FF, I need it to open in IE. When i right click on
the icon, there is no "Open With" prompt, and there is nothing in
"Properties" that will allow me to open it in IE. How can I still have FF my
default browser, but have these IE only pages open from a desktop Favorite
shortcut??

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Create a new shortcut with the command "C:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" "http://www.webpageaddress.com"

 

[Jeff Qiu [MSFT]]

Hi Fred,

Thanks for posting!

Actually, if the Firefox support the mode like firefox <URL>, we may change
it like below:

The url files is associated with InternetShortcut file type.

We can find it out by the following command line:

assoc .url
.url=InternetShortcut

ftype InternetShortcut
InternetShortcut=rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l

You may change this InternetShortcut to using FireFox if it can support it.

ftype InternetShortcut=<path>\firefox %l

You may also ask Firefox's support for more information:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

http://www.mozilla.org/support/

Hope it helps!

Have a great day!

Best Regards,

Jeff Qiu
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE 2k/2k3, MCSA 2k/2k3, MCDBA
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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[Fred]

nice, tyvm

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You're welcome