k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Posted by:
Chris Thomson
Date: January 31, 2008 05:33PM
Hi!
I lke k-meleon very much, but I can not set k-meleon as standard browser in windows vista. That option does not work.
Do you know how to set k-meleon 1.1.3 as standard browser in windows vista?
The internal vista option does not work for k-meleon 1.1.3.
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Posted by:
desga_2
Date: January 31, 2008 06:59PM
Are you tried with 'Setdefault.exe' file included in K-Meleon installation folder?
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Posted by:
Chrs Thomson
Date: January 31, 2008 10:17PM
Yes, I tried it several times. Does not work for me at all. Should I uninstall and reinstall k-meleon?
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 01, 2008 12:57AM
THATS VISTA!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2008 12:58AM by guenter.
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 01, 2008 12:05PM
That's a
known issue. Vista is using a differnt method and our installer wasn't updated yet...
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 01, 2008 09:30PM
Excuse me for asking, but has anyone posted a bug ticket on this?
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 04, 2008 12:57AM
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 04, 2008 12:27PM
SetBrowser 1.4 is very old, and I think it won't work with Vista
DefaultBrowser is work only for XP (as said on the page).
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Web:
http://jujuland.pagesperso-orange.fr/
Mail : alain [dot] aupeix [at] wanadoo [dot] fr
Ubuntu 12.04 - Gramps 3.4.9 - Harbour 3.2.0 - Hwgui 2.20-3 - K-Meleon 76.0 rc
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 04, 2008 12:38PM
Sorry, i was refering to:
Quote
Setting default browser manually:
You can set the default browser in Windows 2000 (SP3+) Windows XP (SP1+) and Windows Vista using the "Set Program Access and Defaults" feature (renamed "Set Program Access and Computer Defaults" in Windows Vista). [2]
# Windows Vista: "Start -> Default Programs -> Set Program Access and Computer Defaults -> Custom" [3]
(Windows XP/Vista: Click the icon to the right of "Custom", to expand the category.)
You will see Internet Explorer and other installed browsers listed under "Choose a default Web browser" . Select "Mozilla" (Suite), "SeaMonkey" or "Mozilla Firefox" (in some cases, "Mozilla Firefox" may not be listed; to add it back, reinstall Firefox [4]).
If the above doesn't work or if the "Set Program Access and Defaults" feature isn't available in your Windows version, you can manually set the default browser by selecting it as the the default program for individual file types and protocols as follows:
* Windows Vista: Click the Start button, open "Default Programs" and then click "Associate a file type or protocol with a program". [5]
Assign the following protocols and file types to the browser you wish to set as default:
* URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol
* URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy
* URL:File Transfer Protocol
* HTML File
* HTM File (optional)
Note that you may find the URL protocols listed above under extension "N/A" or "(NONE)".
K-Meleon in Spanish
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2008 12:40PM by desga2.
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Posted by:
bellzebu
Date: February 06, 2008 04:58PM
Create a .reg script with the following code and execute it, after that, goto to "Default Programs"-->"Set your default programs" and select K-meleon, ensure the extensions are really set on "Defautl options for this program"
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe]
@="K-Meleon"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\Capabilities]
"ApplicationDescription"="K-Meleon proporciona navegación web segura y sencilla. Un interfaz de usario familiar, caracterÃsticas de seguridad mejoradas, incluyendo protección de robos de identidad en lÃnea, y búsqeuda integrada le permite sacar el máximo partido de la web."
"ApplicationIcon"="C:\\Program Files\\K-Meleon\\K-Meleon.exe,0"
"ApplicationName"="K-Meleon"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\Capabilities\FileAssociations]
".htm"="K-Meleon.HTML"
".html"="K-Meleon.HTML"
".shtml"="K-Meleon.HTML"
".xht"="K-Meleon.HTML"
".xhtml"="K-Meleon.HTML"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\Capabilities\StartMenu]
"StartMenuInternet"="k-meleon.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\Capabilities\URLAssociations]
"ftp"="K-Meleon.HTML"
"gopher"="K-Meleon.HTML"
"http"="K-Meleon.HTML"
"https"="K-Meleon.HTML"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\K-Meleon\\K-Meleon.exe,0"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\InstallInfo]
"ReinstallCommand"="\"C:\\Program Files\\K-Meleon\\SetDefault.exe\" /S"
"HideIconsCommand"="\"C:\\Program Files\\K-Meleon\\SetDefault.exe\" /hide"
"ShowIconsCommand"="\"C:\\Program Files\\K-Meleon\\SetDefault.exe\" /show"
"IconsVisible"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\Shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\Shell\Open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\k-meleon.exe\Shell\Open\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\K-Meleon\\K-Meleon.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications]
"K-Meleon"="Software\\Clients\\StartMenuInternet\\k-meleon.exe\\Capabilities"
Hope this helps, is a good temporary solution.
Cheers.
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 06, 2008 05:42PM
Thanks for the code, we will try adapt it for the setup.
But I think it's not a good idea to locate it in local registry , first it can perhaps don't work with non-admin users, and a browser preference choice is something purely at user level, not system level.
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Mozilla/5.0 (x11; U; Linux x86_64; fr-FR; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Ubuntu/12.04 K-Meleon/76.0
Web:
http://jujuland.pagesperso-orange.fr/
Mail : alain [dot] aupeix [at] wanadoo [dot] fr
Ubuntu 12.04 - Gramps 3.4.9 - Harbour 3.2.0 - Hwgui 2.20-3 - K-Meleon 76.0 rc
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 06, 2008 05:54PM
Quote
JujuLand
Thanks for the code, we will try adapt it for the setup.
But I think it's not a good idea to locate it in local registry , first it can perhaps don't work with non-admin users, and a browser preference choice is something purely at user level, not system level.
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Hi JujuLand,
i did test the code on Windows Vista Bussines with a normal user, not needed an administrator account (the hidden administrator account
) or run as administrator.
Look at this plugin for NSIS installer
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Application_Association_Registration_plug-in
It may helps you, and you don't need to build a single application for register K-Meleon as default browser on next releases, this plugin seems to work with the installer as is, as a plugin, and no more is needed.
See you.
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 07, 2008 07:30AM
Thanks for the link, it's really interesting.
I haven't seen if this plugin works for all system, or just for Vista. In the second case, we must first determine if we use Vista or not, and use the plugin or not.
We even so need to build SetDefault application, not to launch setup to make K-Meleon the default, if it has been changed by another application, or by Windows.
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Mozilla/5.0 (x11; U; Linux x86_64; fr-FR; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Ubuntu/12.04 K-Meleon/76.0
Web:
http://jujuland.pagesperso-orange.fr/
Mail : alain [dot] aupeix [at] wanadoo [dot] fr
Ubuntu 12.04 - Gramps 3.4.9 - Harbour 3.2.0 - Hwgui 2.20-3 - K-Meleon 76.0 rc
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 07, 2008 09:03AM
It's only for Vista... I think.
Maybe you could use the installer to set K-Meleon as default browser with the "modify" option from uninstalle...
Cheers.
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Date: February 07, 2008 09:45AM
The installer already sets K-Meleon by default, but as it's easy to set other browser as default, we must have a way, out of the setup to set it by default again.
In Firefox, you have that possibility, but you don't use an external program to set it, it's internal to Firefox. It's not the case with K-Meleon.
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Mozilla/5.0 (x11; U; Linux x86_64; fr-FR; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Ubuntu/12.04 K-Meleon/76.0
Web:
http://jujuland.pagesperso-orange.fr/
Mail : alain [dot] aupeix [at] wanadoo [dot] fr
Ubuntu 12.04 - Gramps 3.4.9 - Harbour 3.2.0 - Hwgui 2.20-3 - K-Meleon 76.0 rc
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Posted by:
AL KING
Date: February 07, 2008 07:39PM
thanks
Re: k-meleon 1.1.3 and vista - set to standard browser does not work
Posted by:
Chris Thomson
Date: February 11, 2008 11:35AM
thanks all!
By the way: When reinstalling vista and installing k-meleon the first time, the "set as standard browser" works fine. So may be there is only the problem to set is as standard browser when another application is set as standard browser while k-meleon ist installed?
Best regards
Chris