If there is an existing thread/page that explains this, please just point me that way, but how are helper applications set? For instance, I wanted to have .DOC links open MS Word as a separate window (not inline as it would in IE). I wanted to know how to do this so I can propagate the idea to other programs such as Excel and so on. Does this involve MIME stuff? I'm a doofus when it comes to understanding those things (shortcut links I got, MIME I'm fuzzy).

Thanks.
D.Rider

yep, you have to list the mime types in the helper apps pref.

this thread gives some info on that subject:

http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?f=1&i=3065&t=3065

Thanks. I see that it is in reference to RealOne Player, so I figure this is to be considered as a pattern or template for creating "helper" app configurations. But what would the various MIME types be? I see things on the suggest web page as "audio/x-pn-realaudio, audio/x-realaudio, application/vnd.rn-realmedia". Where do I get info for things like MS Word documents or Excel? I'm using Windows 2000 and see no reference to MIME types in Tools > Folder Options > File Types.

You can try to download Frank Worsley's freeware called File Type Manager, I think it's still available somewhere. Maybe it works with Windows 2000.

<a href="http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~fworsley/ftm/index.html">http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~fworsley/ftm/index.html</a>;

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yup... i think recent versions of phorum don't support any HTML tags... you would use this instead.

it got me, too.

obviously, a lot of those formatting thinger don't actually work, though.

the url tags do, though, anyway...

I put this line in pref.js: user_pref("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.openFile", "application/msword");
(found the type using File Type Manager)

I already had these lines in pref.js from the failed attempt to get RealPlayer to work from K-Meleon:
user_pref("kmeleon.general.CloseDownloadDialog", true);
user_pref("kmeleon.general.saveDir", "C:\\temp\\");

When I click on a link to a Word document, it automatically downloads the file and wants to save it if Stardownloader is disabled or Stardownloader does it automatically. I just want it to open from the server in Word without any dialog.

OK, it works now that I have taken the Stardownloader plugin out of the plugins folder. I like Stardownloader and so I don't want to remove it. Is this an issue that is better taken up with the developer of Stardownloader?