Questions for Firefox veterans.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:12 pm

Just recently installed Firefox, and I've only got two issues that are marring the experiance.

First, the damn window will not remeber it's location. It rembers it's size, but it automaticly centers istelf dead center in the screen.

Second, I list my favorites on the start menu for quick access when a browser isn't open. this isn't a folder I created on the menu, but an actual system folder. Like so:

When I launch one of the links IE automaticly tries to launch it. It fails, throws up two error messages, and then Firefox loads the page. i've tried changing the program that internet links are associated to, but then they just disapear from the start menu. I've also tried changing the exe the "Open" command points to, but it has no effect.

So, any solutions to these?

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:53 pm

In the folder options-> file types tab, there is a file type called URL-Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

select that, click advnaced, and then select open, and press edit.

uncheck DDE( or change the application box to say "FIREFOX" and the Topic Box to say "System", and blank the other two boxes)

see if that changes anything.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:47 pm

I pretty much have those setting set now. This is what I've been using.

I don't have a Topic box though.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:06 pm

You have to check "Use DDE" to make the Topic box appear.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:50 pm

Oh, alright.

Nope, that hasn't done anything.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:13 pm

Here's what I have in mine (granted I'm using Mozilla-1.7, not Firefox):

Action: open
Application: C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILLA.ORG\MOZILLA\MOZILLA.EXE -url "%1"
Use DDE: (checked)
DDE Message: "%1",,-1,0,,,,
Application: Mozilla
DDE Application Not Running: (blank)
Topic: WWW_OpenURL

Tomorrow I'll have access to a Firefox machine.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:08 am

What are Favorites?

Oh that ugly thing on the taskbar...that bugger gets deleted the day of O/S install!

Win2k.. you do not play much do you?

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:47 pm

Thanks for checking that, Dcrazy.

Play with what? Windows? Nah, that's boring... I play games constantly though(*gasp* without XP?!1? How does I survivez!1).

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:53 pm

Okay, here's what my Firefox 0.9.2 installation says for "URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol":

Action: open
Application used to perform action: C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -url "%1"
Use DDE: (checked)
DDE Message: "%1",,-1,0,,,,
Application: IExplore
DDE Application Not Running: (blank)
Topic: WWW_OpenURL

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:18 pm

Dunno what the problem is, but that didn't do it either. Still get these two messages and then Firefox opens the link A OK.

First.

Second.

Why won't IE just die...

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:39 pm

I'm beginning to think that you caught some piece of malware that screwed with your URL associations.

Either that or you upgraded to Win2K from NT 4 with some newer version of IE instead of installing from scratch.