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arrial Posted messages 1803 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -  
jammer203 Posted messages 16 Status Membre -
Hello,

Windows XP Pro.

I have 4 browsers ‼

► IE7 (almost required)
► Firefox (for security)
► Safari (for downloads…)
► Opera (for lightweight use).

I haven't set a default browser, but it always defaults to Firefox when I click on the shortcut icon! This is annoying, especially for online security scans, which mostly only work under IE.

I'm sure we can integrate the browser of our choice into the command line of the shortcut. But how?
If you know the trick, you'll save me time and surely help many others ‼

Thanks,

@+
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arrial
            "The worst is never acquired…
… derision is a culture."
Configuration: Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0

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arrial Posted messages 1803 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   251
 
Eureka dad ‼!

► I take a shortcut on the desktop (GIMP 2, randomly bizarre: Who cares!)
► I make two copies.
► I open it: ► Properties ► Shortcut

•1► In the first
►► target = "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https://www.commentcamarche.net/
►► Start in = %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
( or = "C:\program files\mozilla firefox\": it's the same)
••••••►
The icon immediately becomes that of Firefox,
and if I double-click on it → https://www.commentcamarche.net/ OPENED IN FIREFOX ‼

•2► In the second
►► target = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://www.commentcamarche.net/
►► Start in = %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
( or = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\": it's the same)
••••••►
The icon immediately becomes that of Internet Explorer
and if I double-click on it → https://www.commentcamarche.net/ OPENED IN IE7 ‼

What do you think, Yod'poil?

So, problem solved.

@+ on CÇM.

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arrial
"The worst is never acquired…
… derision is a culture."
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sandul Posted messages 4013 Status Membre 723
 
Excellent, my daughter, really great.

I admit I don't understand what you want to do (but well, you can play with your computer, after all tomorrow is Wednesday and there is no school so no homework).

I am nonetheless in a state of blissful admiration in front of such selflessness :p :D
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arrial Posted messages 1803 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   251 > sandul Posted messages 4013 Status Membre
 
"Otherwise, the CMD family tree is interesting, although I don't really see what it lacks compared to its father, command... :p"

"Well: type tree, randomly, to see... except under Windows, that is, when you need it, with your CDR when Windows has crashed."


"DOS is the child of UNIX: if their common child is 'CMD', there’s an issue..."
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arrial
"The worst is never acquired...
... derision is a culture."
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anakronysm
 
Thank you, it's been a little while since I've also been looking to change an option in the command line of the bookmark instead of making a shortcut from the internet explorer by asking it to open an address...

For simple utility: such a site shortcut will be opened with such a browser while another shortcut will be opened with another browser, which is practical when you know how to use the strengths of each browser (for my part, it's simple: the new MSN opens emails with the default browser, but coincidentally, Firefox crashes when I use the Windows Live Messenger mail... so shortcut to the Hotmail messaging launched under IE)
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arrial Posted messages 1803 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   251
 
► Sandul

Indeed, you did not understand.
For example: I am on CÇM.
I drag the hilarious beaver icon from http:// to my desktop: this icon will be my shortcut to CÇM (and even, for THE page of CÇM open…). But the browser used is not noted in the shortcut.

If I set IE7 as the default browser, ALL my shortcuts will be launched by IE7… which I do NOT want, precisely ‼

► nabla (vector gradient operator …)

The page you are sending me to tells me how to select my default browser: I know how to select my default browser, if I want to, which is not the case …

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OK ??

I am sure that we can specify the browser to use IN the command line of the shortcut … the problem being that I do not have the syntax.

Thank you anyway for both of your support …

So,
To be continued … @+
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arrial
"The worst is never acquired …
… derision is a culture."
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sandul Posted messages 4013 Status Membre 723
 
Your shortcuts are therefore not shortcuts to launch a browser (with its default homepage) but rather web addresses that you want to open conditionally with one of your 4 installed browsers. In fact, your shortcuts are bookmarks.

"I'm sure we can specify the browser to use IN the command line of the shortcut" <== probably, if we take the time to create a .bat behind the shortcut, BUT UNDER WHICH CONDITION should the shortcut choose Firefox instead of IE if you don't want to use the default browser state mentioned by nabla?? Since you don't specify, I don't see how we can respond to you...
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arrial Posted messages 1803 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   251 > sandul Posted messages 4013 Status Membre
 
There is no need for a .bat file; the shortcut address itself is an "executable" line of "cmd": it is therefore in itself a "batch file".

To convince oneself:
► right-click on the desktop ► new ► shortcut ► "command line": shutdown -s -t 00

(or: echo=O|format … that one is funny ‼)


What I'm missing is only the syntax! I saw it on a "Windows 2000" machine, but it has been reformatted to "Windows XP Pro".


@+
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arrial
"The worst is never acquired …
… derision is a culture."
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sandul Posted messages 4013 Status Membre 723 > arrial Posted messages 1803 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention  
 
You are not answering my question: <b>under what conditions</b>, when clicking on the shortcut, will XP choose to open Firefox and when will it prefer Safari?
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arrial Posted messages 1803 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   251 > sandul Posted messages 4013 Status Membre
 
The behavior must be systematic, and not conditional: in each line calling an http address, the call to the desired browser intermediary for this http address must be explicitly written.

Like a branch in the good old DOS.

CMD is an incestuous child of DOS and UNIX: it has fewer commands than DOS, but they are more powerful, such as using names longer than 8 characters and the use of "spaces."

I saw a call to Google via Firefox, with an older version of Firefox!
So you can do the same with any other browser.

Small mistake: the old machine was not under 2000, but under XP Pro: since it was previously dedicated to 2000, C: no longer had enough space to load roaming profiles, provided they were a bit "rich" ‼

@+
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arrial
"The worst is never acquired!"
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sandul Posted messages 4013 Status Membre 723 > arrial Posted messages 1803 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention  
 
"The behavior must be systematic, and not conditional" <== well, uh, you say that such a browser is the default one, so now you'll have a systematic behavior until the next mood change... :-D

I still don't see why this solution isn't suitable ^^
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sandul Posted messages 4013 Status Membre 723
 
Hi,

“But it's always Firefox that gets stuck with it when I click on the shortcut icon!” <== I didn't quite understand, maybe: you click on the Safari shortcut and Firefox launches? ^^

In that case, modify the shortcuts: they should all point to Firefox. Right-click on the shortcut/Properties, and change the "Target" field.

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Réponse 4 / 7
nabla
 
Google is your friend:

https://www.google.com/search?q=configurer+navigateur+par+d%C3%A9faut&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=ssl
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Jow
 
Thank you a thousand times :>
I've been looking for 10 minutes on good old Google! Luckily this topic was here! :>
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nic
 
Hello,

I know this is an old post but here is a solution tested on Win 7 Pro
and it works, as long as you set the correct path to the explorer.

http://forum.generation-nt.com/windows-xp/open-ie-firefox-based-on-shortcuts-211621/

post #4
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Réponse 7 / 7
jammer203 Posted messages 16 Status Membre 5
 
Little clarification regarding the Arrial position, the shortcut MUST have a space between the browser path and the web link path, furthermore, quotes need to be added to each path, resulting in:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" "https://www.google.fr"

PS: I deliberately chose Google because the address "https://www.commentcamarche.net/" is too long to fit on a single line in the post window -> so you can't see the space between the two paths.
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