Xnews with Internet Explorer
Terry
GM
>Is there a way click on read news in Internet Explorer to open Xnews?
Setup|Misc: Click the "Make Xnews your default newsreader" button.
I have done it with the current version of Xnews and IE5.5.
I hope it works with earlier versions of IE too.
Otherwise you will need a registry patch.
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Gregory
Make this a valid address:
put the land before the news.
Michael
Would somebody post such a registry patch? Xnews is not in the options list
for my version of IE5.5. I'm comfortable mucking around in the registry as
long as I know what I'm putting in:-)
Michael
ma...@mainews.com.invalid (GM) wrote in
<Xns8FEF9C3...@63.211.125.91>:
GM
>
>Would somebody post such a registry patch? Xnews is not in the options
>list for my version of IE5.5. I'm comfortable mucking around in the
>registry as long as I know what I'm putting in:-)
>
>Michael
>
The following was posted here a while ago.
It allows xnews to be an extra "handler" of news urls.
You will probably need to edit the paths.
=======
Select and copy the text below this line (*****) and edit it in a
text editor like Notepad. Check whether end-of-lines are not
truncated, nor cut by a carriage return. Then, name and save the
file with a ".reg" extension, like: "XnewsByDefault.reg". Don't
forget the quotations (" "). Finally, right-click on the file and
select the command MERGE. The content of the file enters your
registry. XNews has now become your default newsreader program.
********************
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\news]
@="URL:news Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\news\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\news\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\news\shell\open\command]
@="D:\\XNEWS\\XNEWS.EXE /url=\"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\news\DefaultIcon]
@="D:\\Xnews\\Xnews.exe,1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\nntp]
@="URL:nntp Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\nntp\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\nntp\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\nntp\shell\open\command]
@="D:\\XNEWS\\XNEWS.EXE /url=\"%1\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\news]
@="URL:news Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\news\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\news\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\news\shell\open\command]
@="D:\\XNEWS\\XNEWS.EXE /url=\"%1\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\news\DefaultIcon]
@="D:\\Xnews\\Xnews.exe,1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\nntp]
@="URL:nntp Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\nntp\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\nntp\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\nntp\shell\open\command]
@="D:\\XNEWS\\XNEWS.EXE /url=\"%1\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews]
@="XNews"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\news]
@="URL:News Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\news\DefaultIcon]
@="D:\\Xnews\\Xnews.exe\\,1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\news\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\news\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\news\shell\open\c
ommand]
@="D:\\XNEWS\\XNEWS.EXE /url=\"%1\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\nntp]
@="URL:NNTP Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\nntp\DefaultIcon]
@="D:\\Xnews\\Xnews.exe\\,1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\nntp\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\nntp\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\nntp\shell\open\c
ommand]
@="D:\\XNEWS\\XNEWS.EXE /url=\"%1\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\snews]
@="URL:Snews Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:02,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\snews\DefaultIcon
]
@="D:\\Xnews\\Xnews.exe\\,1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\snews\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\snews\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\Protocols\snews\shell\open\
command]
@="D:\\XNEWS\\XNEWS.EXE /url=\"%1\""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\shell\open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\News\XNews\shell\open\command]
@="D:\\XNEWS\\XNEWS.EXE /url=\"%1\""
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Kathy
shows up as the Default Newsgroup Program in Internet Options, I get this
error when clicking on a link to a Newsgroup:
news://news.whatever.etc This file does not have a program associated with
it for performing this action. Create an association in My Computer by
clicking View and then clicking Folder Option.
Clicking OK brings up this box:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer cannot open this helper application for
news://news.whatever.etc. The protocol specified in this address is not
valid. Make sure the address is correct, and try again.
Any suggestions as to how to get this working? Thanks.
>============
GM
>I tried the registry patch as is (my Xnews is on D:\) and although Xnews
>shows up as the Default Newsgroup Program in Internet Options, I get
>this error when clicking on a link to a Newsgroup:
>
>news://news.whatever.etc This file does not have a program associated
>with it for performing this action. Create an association in My
>Computer by clicking View and then clicking Folder Option.
>
news:// is linking to a news-server not a group.
Unfortunately, the patch doesn't work with this type of addresses.