IE automatically opens pages in firefox - help!!

Whenever I type an address in the address bar in IE and press enter, it
launches firefox and the page loads in firefox.

How do i stop this and revert to normal behavior?

I did all the trivial / usual checks -> check IE is the default
browser, reinstall IE, etc., removing firefox (in this case i get an
application not found error) , unchecking allow 3rd party extensions in
IE settings,

So far nothing seems to work. Can someone please help??

Try

Internet Properties > Programs > click the "Reset Web Settings..." button.

Zee





"listaction" <listaction@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1134739034.460552.147890@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Whenever I type an address in the address bar in IE and press enter, it
> launches firefox and the page loads in firefox.
>
> How do i stop this and revert to normal behavior?
>
> I did all the trivial / usual checks -> check IE is the default
> browser, reinstall IE, etc., removing firefox (in this case i get an
> application not found error) , unchecking allow 3rd party extensions in
> IE settings,
>
> So far nothing seems to work. Can someone please help??
>

I did that too, first time through along with all other things.
oops!! wrote:
> Try
>
> Internet Properties > Programs > click the "Reset Web Settings..." button.
>
> Zee
>
>
>
>
>
> "listaction" <listaction@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1134739034.460552.147890@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > Whenever I type an address in the address bar in IE and press enter, it
> > launches firefox and the page loads in firefox.
> >
> > How do i stop this and revert to normal behavior?
> >
> > I did all the trivial / usual checks -> check IE is the default
> > browser, reinstall IE, etc., removing firefox (in this case i get an
> > application not found error) , unchecking allow 3rd party extensions in
> > IE settings,
> >
> > So far nothing seems to work. Can someone please help??
> >

See:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...ltbrowser.mspx

How to Make Internet Explorer the Default Web Browser:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=284456

Set the default browser for your user profile:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm

Setting Internet Explorer as the default browser (Tip 41):
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm

This reg fix, from MVP Ramesh:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

listaction wrote:
> I did that too, first time through along with all other things.
> oops!! wrote:
>> Try
>>
>> Internet Properties > Programs > click the "Reset Web Settings..."
>> button.
>>
>> Zee
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "listaction" <listaction@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1134739034.460552.147890@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> Whenever I type an address in the address bar in IE and press enter, it
>>> launches firefox and the page loads in firefox.
>>>
>>> How do i stop this and revert to normal behavior?
>>>
>>> I did all the trivial / usual checks -> check IE is the default
>>> browser, reinstall IE, etc., removing firefox (in this case i get an
>>> application not found error) , unchecking allow 3rd party extensions in
>>> IE settings,
>>>
>>> So far nothing seems to work. Can someone please help??

The default browser tool stopped FIREFOX from opening up. thanks a lot,

but still any time i type a web address and hit enter / press go , or
open an item from the favorites menu, it always opens in a new window.

Any way i can suppress that?

Thanks a lot for taking the time to provide useful results.

Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] wrote:
> See:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...ltbrowser.mspx
>
> How to Make Internet Explorer the Default Web Browser:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=284456
>
> Set the default browser for your user profile:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm
>
> Setting Internet Explorer as the default browser (Tip 41):
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm
>
> This reg fix, from MVP Ramesh:
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg
>
> --
> Vincenzo Di Russo
> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
> Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>
> listaction wrote:
> > I did that too, first time through along with all other things.
> > oops!! wrote:
> >> Try
> >>
> >> Internet Properties > Programs > click the "Reset Web Settings..."
> >> button.
> >>
> >> Zee
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "listaction" <listaction@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1134739034.460552.147890@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >>> Whenever I type an address in the address bar in IE and press enter, it
> >>> launches firefox and the page loads in firefox.
> >>>
> >>> How do i stop this and revert to normal behavior?
> >>>
> >>> I did all the trivial / usual checks -> check IE is the default
> >>> browser, reinstall IE, etc., removing firefox (in this case i get an
> >>> application not found error) , unchecking allow 3rd party extensions in
> >>> IE settings,
> >>>
> >>> So far nothing seems to work. Can someone please help??

See: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=241911
"Description of the Reuse Windows for Launching Shortcuts Setting in
Internet Explorer 5.01".

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

listaction wrote:
> The default browser tool stopped FIREFOX from opening up. thanks a lot,
>
> but still any time i type a web address and hit enter / press go , or
> open an item from the favorites menu, it always opens in a new window.
>
> Any way i can suppress that?
>
> Thanks a lot for taking the time to provide useful results.
>
> Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] wrote:
>> See:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...ltbrowser.mspx
>>
>> How to Make Internet Explorer the Default Web Browser:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=284456
>>
>> Set the default browser for your user profile:
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm
>>
>> Setting Internet Explorer as the default browser (Tip 41):
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm
>>
>> This reg fix, from MVP Ramesh:
>> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg
>>
>> --
>> Vincenzo Di Russo
>> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
>> Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
>> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>>
>> listaction wrote:
>>> I did that too, first time through along with all other things.
>>> oops!! wrote:
>>>> Try
>>>>
>>>> Internet Properties > Programs > click the "Reset Web Settings..."
>>>> button.
>>>>
>>>> Zee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "listaction" <listaction@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:1134739034.460552.147890@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>>>> Whenever I type an address in the address bar in IE and press enter,
>>>>> it launches firefox and the page loads in firefox.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do i stop this and revert to normal behavior?
>>>>>
>>>>> I did all the trivial / usual checks -> check IE is the default
>>>>> browser, reinstall IE, etc., removing firefox (in this case i get an
>>>>> application not found error) , unchecking allow 3rd party extensions
>>>>> in IE settings,
>>>>>
>>>>> So far nothing seems to work. Can someone please help??

Thanks Vincenzo.

Also pl. see
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ae389a8040aeae

I have my comp. set to auto updates. 2 patches - hot fixes that i
received have caused this problem. I removed them and it worked fine.
I'll try reinstalling the patch and making the change you've mentioned.
I hope MS fixes the hotfix soon.

Cost me the whole morning!

Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] wrote:
> See: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=241911
> "Description of the Reuse Windows for Launching Shortcuts Setting in
> Internet Explorer 5.01".
>
> --
> Vincenzo Di Russo
> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
> Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>
> listaction wrote:
> > The default browser tool stopped FIREFOX from opening up. thanks a lot,
> >
> > but still any time i type a web address and hit enter / press go , or
> > open an item from the favorites menu, it always opens in a new window.
> >
> > Any way i can suppress that?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for taking the time to provide useful results.
> >
> > Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] wrote:
> >> See:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...ltbrowser.mspx
> >>
> >> How to Make Internet Explorer the Default Web Browser:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=284456
> >>
> >> Set the default browser for your user profile:
> >> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm
> >>
> >> Setting Internet Explorer as the default browser (Tip 41):
> >> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm
> >>
> >> This reg fix, from MVP Ramesh:
> >> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg
> >>
> >> --
> >> Vincenzo Di Russo
> >> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
> >> Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
> >> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
> >>
> >> listaction wrote:
> >>> I did that too, first time through along with all other things.
> >>> oops!! wrote:
> >>>> Try
> >>>>
> >>>> Internet Properties > Programs > click the "Reset Web Settings..."
> >>>> button.
> >>>>
> >>>> Zee
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "listaction" <listaction@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:1134739034.460552.147890@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >>>>> Whenever I type an address in the address bar in IE and press enter,
> >>>>> it launches firefox and the page loads in firefox.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How do i stop this and revert to normal behavior?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I did all the trivial / usual checks -> check IE is the default
> >>>>> browser, reinstall IE, etc., removing firefox (in this case i get an
> >>>>> application not found error) , unchecking allow 3rd party extensions
> >>>>> in IE settings,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So far nothing seems to work. Can someone please help??

YW. Glad to help and thanks for posting back, listaction.

Cheers,

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

listaction wrote:
> Thanks Vincenzo.
>
> Also pl. see
>
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ae389a8040aeae
>
> I have my comp. set to auto updates. 2 patches - hot fixes that i
> received have caused this problem. I removed them and it worked fine.
> I'll try reinstalling the patch and making the change you've mentioned.
> I hope MS fixes the hotfix soon.
>
> Cost me the whole morning!
>
> Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] wrote:
>> See: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=241911
>> "Description of the Reuse Windows for Launching Shortcuts Setting in
>> Internet Explorer 5.01".
>>
>> --
>> Vincenzo Di Russo
>> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
>> Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
>> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>>
>> listaction wrote:
>>> The default browser tool stopped FIREFOX from opening up. thanks a lot,
>>>
>>> but still any time i type a web address and hit enter / press go , or
>>> open an item from the favorites menu, it always opens in a new window.
>>>
>>> Any way i can suppress that?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for taking the time to provide useful results.
>>>
>>> Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] wrote:
>>>> See:
>>>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...ltbrowser.mspx
>>>>
>>>> How to Make Internet Explorer the Default Web Browser:
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=284456
>>>>
>>>> Set the default browser for your user profile:
>>>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/defaultbrowser.htm
>>>>
>>>> Setting Internet Explorer as the default browser (Tip 41):
>>>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm
>>>>
>>>> This reg fix, from MVP Ramesh:
>>>> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE...lt_Browser.reg
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Vincenzo Di Russo
>>>> Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
>>>> Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
>>>> My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>> My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
>>>>
>>>> listaction wrote:
>>>>> I did that too, first time through along with all other things.
>>>>> oops!! wrote:
>>>>>> Try
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Internet Properties > Programs > click the "Reset Web Settings..."
>>>>>> button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Zee
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "listaction" <listaction@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:1134739034.460552.147890@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>>>>>> Whenever I type an address in the address bar in IE and press enter,
>>>>>>> it launches firefox and the page loads in firefox.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do i stop this and revert to normal behavior?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did all the trivial / usual checks -> check IE is the default
>>>>>>> browser, reinstall IE, etc., removing firefox (in this case i get an
>>>>>>> application not found error) , unchecking allow 3rd party extensions
>>>>>>> in IE settings,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So far nothing seems to work. Can someone please help??