On Wednesday, October 04, 2006 6:50 PM [GMT+1=CET], Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 Sorry to reply to my own post. but I just realised that if Thunderbird can't add itself to IE's list (see my previous post) then IE might force OE as the default email. However, OOo has added itself to IE's equivalent list of HTML editors so I'd bet money that Thunderbird adds itself to IE's list of email clients. BTW if you really don't want to run IE, you can get the same set of lists in Control Panel>Internet Options>Programs. Harold Fuchs London, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
