Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment:
Upon further experimentation, I realize that I can only open in Firefox because
I have it set as my default browser. It would otherwise be inaccessible because
it is not in the _browser registry. It also appears that I cannot intentionally
use Internet Explorer because it also in not registered (except under the full
path names used as a backup).
>>> webbrowser._browsers
{'windows-default': [<class 'webbrowser.WindowsDefault'>, None], 'c:\\program
files\\internet explorer\\iexplore.exe': [None, <webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser
object at 0x01000ED0>]}
If I understand the Windows code quoted before, the Class Names in the table
would be different (BackgroundBrowser) on Windows if it did work.
Related issues
#8232 webbrowser.open incomplete on Windows
#8936 webbrowser regression on windows
#12237 Document how to open non-default webbrowser
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components: +Documentation
title: Improve webbrowser.open doc (and, someday, behavior?) -> Improve
webbrowser (.open) doc and behavior
type: -> behavior
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