Change download action for .rdp files on Windows and OS X

[Sam]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a way to change the default download action in Firefox
for files with .rdp extentions. Currently these files open up as plain
text in firefox and I want to instead associate them with the Microsoft
Remote Desktop client (which is available for both Windows and OS X).

In IE I am able to just click on these files and then select open and
the correct program is launched. The command line that is executed is

mstsc.exe "%l"

If there is a way for me to create an extension or a pluggin to mimic
this behavior than that would be acceptable too... I just don't really
know where to start.

Thanks for any help,

Sam

[Nir]

In Firefox , goto Tools>Options>Downloads>View & Edit Actions.
Look for .rdp file type. if it is listed there , select it and click on
'Change Action' button

[sam....@gmail.com]

Thanks but it isn't listed so I'm looking for a way to add it to that
box.

[Leonidas Jones]

(crosspost snipped.)

You add to that list by trying to download such a file. It sounds to me
like you just left click it and it opens if Firefox. That could be a
server issue.

Do you have a link to sch a file, so we could check it ouyt?

Lee

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[sam....@gmail.com]

Won't mind at all :) in fact, the steps I took were as follows;

In IIS6, Select either the folder, or website you would like it to take
effect on. I selected the folder. Select properties, and the "HTTP
Headers"
tab. Hit the mime type button, and add rdp to the extensions, and
application/x-rdp to the value. Restart iis 6. browse to the site,
and
click the link. You should now be able to select an application to
associate with it, and I used c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe.

Hope this is enough

Thank you again :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Samuel Jones [mailto:sam....@gmail.com]
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Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:43 AM
To: Anthony Shaw
Subject: Re: Firefox extensions list

Would you mind if i posted this conversation to the thread? Might help
some
other people.

On 11/3/06, Anthony Shaw <Anthon...@email.alaska.edu> wrote:
>
>
> THANK YOU!!
>
> I am running IIS6, and am a bit of a newb to web admin, but I googled
> the mime type, and figured it out. Thank you so much :)
>
> Anthony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samuel Jones [mailto:sam....@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:44 PM
> To: Anthony Shaw
> Subject: Re: Firefox extensions list
>
> Hi Anthony,
>
> Eventually I added a mime-type for rdp files to the apache webserver.
> Once you do that firefox will let you specify the default behavior you
> want when you click on the an rdp file. On our setup it involved
> adding the line
>
> application/x-rdp rdp
>
>
> to the mime.types file in the /etc/apache folder and then restarting
> the server. I believe you can also do the same with an .htaccess
> file in the same folder as your rdp files.
>
>
>
> On 11/1/06, Anthony Shaw <Anthon...@email.alaska.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Sir,
> > I saw this in a forum, and I am having the same problem. Did you
> > ever find a solution to this, adding the rdp to the file extensions
> > that firefox has in its list.
> >
> > Anthony shaw

> > University of Alaska - OIT
> > Anthony Shaw
> > Windows System Administrator

[Leonidas Jones]

sam....@gmail.com wrote:
> Won't mind at all :) in fact, the steps I took were as follows;
>
> In IIS6, Select either the folder, or website you would like it to take
> effect on. I selected the folder. Select properties, and the "HTTP
> Headers"
> tab. Hit the mime type button, and add rdp to the extensions, and
> application/x-rdp to the value. Restart iis 6. browse to the site,
> and
> click the link. You should now be able to select an application to
> associate with it, and I used c:\windows\system32\mstsc.exe.
>
> Hope this is enough
>
> Thank you again :)
>

/snip/

Please be so kind as to bottom post in these groups, that is, post your
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information. Thank you for your consideration.

I am sorry, i can't really be of any help at all with references to
IIS6, being on a Mac.