On 8/18/2016 3:13 AM, Ralph Fox wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:50:06 +1000, Daniel wrote: > >> On 18/08/2016 10:07 AM, James wrote: >>> How do I make Seamonkey open say Firefox when I click on a URL ? >>> I do not like Seamonkey as a browser. >>> Firefox is my default but Seamonkey ignores that. >> >> James, as SeaMonkey includes a browser, it naturally uses that browser. >> >> However, it used to be possible to do as you wanted, i.e. when you >> clicked on a link in an e-mail, the web page would open in another >> browser. There used to be a preference in about:config which you would >> change and away you would go, but I've looked through about:config and >> also at http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries to see if I could >> spot the pref ... but no go!! >> >> Sorry! > > > If I remember correctly from long ago, setting these preferences > network.protocol-handler.external.http > network.protocol-handler.external.https > to true will do it -- but may also have unwelcome side effects. > Use with caution and be prepared to back out. > > REF: > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.protocol-handler.external.%28protocol%29 > >
The original message in this thread was posted from a Windows PC. Besides setting those preference variables in SeaMonkey, the user must also go to the Windows Control Panel and set the default browser. Which Control Panel item seems to change with each Windows version, so I cannot help beyond this. -- David E. Ross Republicans scream that Hillary Clinton was responsible for the tragedy in Benghazi. They conveniently forget that it was the Republican-controlled Congress that drastically cut the State Department's budget for embassy and consulate protection. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
