Michael Santovec wrote:
Is there anything about the links that IE tries to open that are
similar?

Mike, here are 3 links from newsgroups I read in OE.

The first 2 below are inconsistent. In most cases FireFox opens them. But
sometimes IE tries (unsuccessfully).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrcki3rlesk

http://en.wordpress.com/tag/kurt-rosenwinkle/

As many times as I click on this one, IE grabs it, though doesn't open it.

http://essentialsound.com/mm5/mercha...ory_Co de=REF



OE depends on the Windows File Associations to to determine which
application opens a link. There are different file associations for
different types of URLs.

There is a separate one for HTTP and HTTPS. As well as ones for news,
mailto, etc.

Open Window Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, File Types. If you sort
on Extension, the URL ones will be towards the top with the "(NONE)"
extensions.

Not sure what you're telling me to do.






"Dave" wrote in message
...
That helped, but it didn't cure it. EI still randomly tries to open
links. If I click on a link, FF will open it most times, but
sometimes EI will still try it. It seems to happen less often, but
still happens. I even rebooted after making my default selections.



Bruce Hagen wrote:
[Crossposted to IE General. This is for Outlook Express]

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Set Program Access and
Defaults
Custom + Down Arrow | Choose a default Web browser. Select the
radio button for Firefox.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
I use Firefox. But recently, if I click on a link in a newsgroup
post IE tries to open it--sometimes. (Don't recall if it occurs w/
links in emails.) Not only do I not want IE to do this, though it
tries, it doesn't actually open the link successfully. It gives
the msg: invalid syntax error.

How do I make it so that IE does not try to open ANYTHING (which is
it had been working)?