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Oct 19, 2011, 2:13:59 AM10/19/11
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Running FF 2.0.0.20 under Win98SE. For some time, FF has been
exhibiting issues: "FF has performed an illegal instruction and will
now close" or similar. Removing FF (using Control panel -> Add/Remove
Program) and reinstalling hasn't fixed this at all.
So between removing and reinstalling I ran a registry cleaner to
remove the residue of FF. Real bad idea, it seems - although
something "extra" was needed beyond just remove/reinstall.
Now if I click on a link in an email message, FF opens a new blank
page. So something got broken, but I have no idea what.
Posted a question to the FF support forum a couple of weeks back, but
no answers - they are probably still ROFL-ing at anyone still using
Win98SE.
Any suggestions what might be broken and how to reinstate it would be
welcome.
exhibiting issues: "FF has performed an illegal instruction and will
now close" or similar. Removing FF (using Control panel -> Add/Remove
Program) and reinstalling hasn't fixed this at all.
So between removing and reinstalling I ran a registry cleaner to
remove the residue of FF. Real bad idea, it seems - although
something "extra" was needed beyond just remove/reinstall.
Now if I click on a link in an email message, FF opens a new blank
page. So something got broken, but I have no idea what.
Posted a question to the FF support forum a couple of weeks back, but
no answers - they are probably still ROFL-ing at anyone still using
Win98SE.
Any suggestions what might be broken and how to reinstate it would be
welcome.
Ralph Fox
Oct 19, 2011, 5:43:45 AM10/19/11
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:13:59 +0800, in message <l4qs97hf9bl8f1lqa...@4ax.com>
who where wrote:
> Running FF 2.0.0.20 under Win98SE. For some time, FF has been
> exhibiting issues: "FF has performed an illegal instruction and will
> now close" or similar. Removing FF (using Control panel -> Add/Remove
> Program) and reinstalling hasn't fixed this at all.
(Possibly either a buggy plug-in or a corrupted cache.)
who where wrote:
> Running FF 2.0.0.20 under Win98SE. For some time, FF has been
> exhibiting issues: "FF has performed an illegal instruction and will
> now close" or similar. Removing FF (using Control panel -> Add/Remove
> Program) and reinstalling hasn't fixed this at all.
> So between removing and reinstalling I ran a registry cleaner to
> remove the residue of FF. Real bad idea, it seems - although
> something "extra" was needed beyond just remove/reinstall.
>
> Now if I click on a link in an email message, FF opens a new blank
> page. So something got broken, but I have no idea what.
>
> Posted a question to the FF support forum a couple of weeks back, but
> no answers - they are probably still ROFL-ing at anyone still using
> Win98SE.
>
> Any suggestions what might be broken and how to reinstate it would be
> welcome.
1. From Windows Explorer, go to "Tools » Folder Options » File Types"
2. In the "Registered File Types" list, select the entry
Extensions: (none)
File Types: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol
3. Click the "Advanced" button
4. In the "Actions" list, select "open"
5. Click "Edit"
6. Make the following settings
(a) In the box "Application used to perform action", enter the
following with all of the quote marks shown
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -url "%1"
Use the correct path to firefox.exe on your computer.
(b) Put a check-mark in "Use DDE".
(c) Under it, set the box "DDE message" to the following
"%1",,0,0,,,,
(d) Under it, set the "Application" box to
Firefox
(e) Under it, empty the "DDE Application not running" box
(f) Under it, set the 'Topic' box to
WWW_OpenURL
7. You may need to repeat (6) with the entry
Extensions: (none)
File Types: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Security
--
Kind regards
Ralph
Lostgallifreyan
Oct 19, 2011, 5:47:55 AM10/19/11
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who where <no...@home.net> wrote in
news:l4qs97hf9bl8f1lqa...@4ax.com:
> Now if I click on a link in an email message, FF opens a new blank
> page. So something got broken, but I have no idea what.
>
Try unsetting, then resetting, FireFox as default browser. If that fails to
fix it, look in Regedit to see if the string "URL Protocol" appears in a few
places, usually associated with a classid (long bracketed string of
hexadecimal digits with a few dashes in it). If you see nothing to match that
simple description before the search reports no further matches for "URL
Protocol" it means you might need some more detailed fix. Reinstalling may be
easier for you than finding it, if there is no direct way to undo the
registry cleaner's action.
news:l4qs97hf9bl8f1lqa...@4ax.com:
> Now if I click on a link in an email message, FF opens a new blank
> page. So something got broken, but I have no idea what.
>
fix it, look in Regedit to see if the string "URL Protocol" appears in a few
places, usually associated with a classid (long bracketed string of
hexadecimal digits with a few dashes in it). If you see nothing to match that
simple description before the search reports no further matches for "URL
Protocol" it means you might need some more detailed fix. Reinstalling may be
easier for you than finding it, if there is no direct way to undo the
registry cleaner's action.
who where
Oct 19, 2011, 10:36:36 PM10/19/11
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:43:45 +1300, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid>
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:13:59 +0800, in message <l4qs97hf9bl8f1lqa...@4ax.com>
>who where wrote:
>
>> Running FF 2.0.0.20 under Win98SE. For some time, FF has been
>> exhibiting issues: "FF has performed an illegal instruction and will
>> now close" or similar. Removing FF (using Control panel -> Add/Remove
>> Program) and reinstalling hasn't fixed this at all.
>
>(Possibly either a buggy plug-in or a corrupted cache.)
>
>
>> So between removing and reinstalling I ran a registry cleaner to
>> remove the residue of FF. Real bad idea, it seems - although
>> something "extra" was needed beyond just remove/reinstall.
>>
>> Now if I click on a link in an email message, FF opens a new blank
>> page. So something got broken, but I have no idea what.
>>
>> Posted a question to the FF support forum a couple of weeks back, but
>> no answers - they are probably still ROFL-ing at anyone still using
>> Win98SE.
>>
>> Any suggestions what might be broken and how to reinstate it would be
>> welcome.
>
>
>It is likely that the registry association for HTTP: links has been mangled.
>
>1. From Windows Explorer, go to "Tools » Folder Options » File Types"
View -> Folder Options -> File Types actually ...
>2. In the "Registered File Types" list, select the entry
> Extensions: (none)
> File Types: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol
OK so far. It currently says "Opens with: FIREFOX"
>3. Click the "Advanced" button
Don't have one. Only New Type, Remove, and Edit.
>4. In the "Actions" list, select "open"
>5. Click "Edit"
Our trajectories converge.
>6. Make the following settings
>
> (a) In the box "Application used to perform action", enter the
> following with all of the quote marks shown
>
> "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -url "%1"
It currently had:
C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -requestPending -osint -url "%1"
which looks weird, even to me. Corrected.
> Use the correct path to firefox.exe on your computer.
>
> (b) Put a check-mark in "Use DDE".
>
> (c) Under it, set the box "DDE message" to the following
>
> "%1",,0,0,,,,
>
> (d) Under it, set the "Application" box to
>
> Firefox
>
> (e) Under it, empty the "DDE Application not running" box
>
> (f) Under it, set the 'Topic' box to
>
> WWW_OpenURL
Those were the current settings.
>7. You may need to repeat (6) with the entry
> Extensions: (none)
> File Types: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Security
Ralph, we are making *some* progress.
Now if I click on a URL in an email msg, the target URL opens in a new
tab in FF2. If FF is not already open, it opens to the URL. All good.
But if I click on a URL in a messge in my usenet client, it still
opens a blank page (if FF not running) OR spawns a new instance with a
blank page if it was running. Are there other activations that also
need editing?
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:13:59 +0800, in message <l4qs97hf9bl8f1lqa...@4ax.com>
>who where wrote:
>
>> Running FF 2.0.0.20 under Win98SE. For some time, FF has been
>> exhibiting issues: "FF has performed an illegal instruction and will
>> now close" or similar. Removing FF (using Control panel -> Add/Remove
>> Program) and reinstalling hasn't fixed this at all.
>
>(Possibly either a buggy plug-in or a corrupted cache.)
>
>
>> So between removing and reinstalling I ran a registry cleaner to
>> remove the residue of FF. Real bad idea, it seems - although
>> something "extra" was needed beyond just remove/reinstall.
>>
>> Now if I click on a link in an email message, FF opens a new blank
>> page. So something got broken, but I have no idea what.
>>
>> Posted a question to the FF support forum a couple of weeks back, but
>> no answers - they are probably still ROFL-ing at anyone still using
>> Win98SE.
>>
>> Any suggestions what might be broken and how to reinstate it would be
>> welcome.
>
>
>It is likely that the registry association for HTTP: links has been mangled.
>
>1. From Windows Explorer, go to "Tools » Folder Options » File Types"
>2. In the "Registered File Types" list, select the entry
> Extensions: (none)
> File Types: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol
>3. Click the "Advanced" button
>4. In the "Actions" list, select "open"
>5. Click "Edit"
>6. Make the following settings
>
> (a) In the box "Application used to perform action", enter the
> following with all of the quote marks shown
>
> "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -url "%1"
C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -requestPending -osint -url "%1"
which looks weird, even to me. Corrected.
> Use the correct path to firefox.exe on your computer.
>
> (b) Put a check-mark in "Use DDE".
>
> (c) Under it, set the box "DDE message" to the following
>
> "%1",,0,0,,,,
>
> (d) Under it, set the "Application" box to
>
> Firefox
>
> (e) Under it, empty the "DDE Application not running" box
>
> (f) Under it, set the 'Topic' box to
>
> WWW_OpenURL
>7. You may need to repeat (6) with the entry
> Extensions: (none)
> File Types: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Security
Now if I click on a URL in an email msg, the target URL opens in a new
tab in FF2. If FF is not already open, it opens to the URL. All good.
But if I click on a URL in a messge in my usenet client, it still
opens a blank page (if FF not running) OR spawns a new instance with a
blank page if it was running. Are there other activations that also
need editing?
Ralph Fox
Oct 20, 2011, 12:31:20 AM10/20/11
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• PROGRA~1 is the MS-DOS 8.3 name for the "Program Files" folder (which it usually is)
• MOZILL~1 is the MS-DOS 8.3 name for the "Mozilla Firefox" folder
> > Use the correct path to firefox.exe on your computer.
> >
> > (b) Put a check-mark in "Use DDE".
> >
> > (c) Under it, set the box "DDE message" to the following
> >
> > "%1",,0,0,,,,
> >
> > (d) Under it, set the "Application" box to
> >
> > Firefox
> >
> > (e) Under it, empty the "DDE Application not running" box
> >
> > (f) Under it, set the 'Topic' box to
> >
> > WWW_OpenURL
>
> Those were the current settings.
>
> >7. You may need to repeat (6) with the entry
> > Extensions: (none)
> > File Types: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Security
>
> Ralph, we are making *some* progress.
>
> Now if I click on a URL in an email msg, the target URL opens in a new
> tab in FF2. If FF is not already open, it opens to the URL. All good.
>
> But if I click on a URL in a messge in my usenet client, it still
> opens a blank page (if FF not running) OR spawns a new instance with a
> blank page if it was running. Are there other activations that also
> need editing?
1. In Agent, go to "Options >> General Preferences >> URL Types
2. In the URL: drop-down list, select
http: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol
3. With http: still selected, make the following settings
(a) CHECKED -- Enable highlighting and launching
(b) NOT CHECKED -- Remove URL prefix when launching
(c) SELECTED -- Use Windows registry settings
4. In the URL: drop-down list, select
https: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Security
5. With https: still selected, make the following settings
(a) CHECKED -- Enable highlighting and launching
(b) CHECKED -- Share settings with the http protocol
--
Kind regards
Ralph
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