On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:32 PM [GMT+1=CET], Giuseppe Castagno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> >> Before I installed Firefox on my Win XP Pro system, IE was my >> default browser. When I installed Firefox it asked me if I wanted it >> to be my default browser. I said "yes". >> >> I would have thought that, similarly, Thunderbird would ask, at >> installation time, if you want it to be the default mail client. >> Does it not? > > may be it actually does (or did in Pete's case), but, according to my > past experience, sometimes, if the mail client is not Outlook Express, > IE changes it back to it. > > Kind regards, > Giuseppe Castagno. Doesn't on my system (Win XP Pro/SP2). I use Firefox as the default browser, Outlook Express as the default email and Internet Explorer *occasionally* to handle the sites that don't/won't support Firefox. The three don't interfere with each other in any way. In Firefox Tool>Options>General there's a check box labelled "Firefox should check to see if it is the default browser when starting". I have this UNchecked. Next to the check box is a button labelled "Check Now". If I press it and Firefox is *not* the default browser it offers me the choice of making it the default browser; otherwise it says it is already the default. In Internet Explorer Tools>Internet Options>Programs there is an equivalent check box (which I also have UNchecked). There is also a button labelled "Reset Web Settings" which, according to the Help, will make IE the default browser. Internet Explorer Tools>Internet Options>Programs also has a drop-down list of e-mail programs. My list contains Outlook Express and Hotmail. I don't know if Thunderbird knows how to add itself to this list ... Outlook Express Tools>Options>General has a box labelled "Make default". On my system this is greyed out because Outlook Express is already the default. I would imagine that Thunderbird has a similar facility. My guess is that it's in Tools>Options>???? Harold Fuchs London, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
