I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon,
and I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox
installed. (FF version 3.x).
K-Meleon no longer works on almost any website, and the upgrades for
it are only for XP and higher.
I want to switch and make Firefox the default browser. But I cant make
it switch. I went to the Options in FF and clicked on "Make FF the
Default Browser". That does nothing, and I have tried to do it at
least 10 times.
I even made a backup of K-Meleon and deleted it. Then went to FF and
clicked on "make FF the default". Still nothing. All it did then, was
to keep annoying me by saying it cant find K-Meleon.exe.
I even went so far as to modify my registry to remove all references
to K-Meleon. Then went to FF and once again, clicked on "Make FF the default".
Still no change.....
I since restored the registry and put back K-Meleon from the backup.
How the heck can I make FF my default browser?
After that, I'll remove K-Meleon permanently.
I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon, and
I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox installed. (FF version 3.x).
K-Meleon no longer works on almost any website, and the upgrades for it
are only for XP and higher.
I want to switch and make Firefox the default browser. But I cant make
it switch. I went to the Options in FF and clicked on "Make FF the
Default Browser". That does nothing, and I have tried to do it at least
10 times.
I even made a backup of K-Meleon and deleted it. Then went to FF and
clicked on "make FF the default". Still nothing. All it did then, was to
keep annoying me by saying it cant find K-Meleon.exe.
I even went so far as to modify my registry to remove all references to K-Meleon. Then went to FF and once again, clicked on "Make FF the
default".
Still no change.....
I since restored the registry and put back K-Meleon from the backup.
How the heck can I make FF my default browser?
After that, I'll remove K-Meleon permanently.
I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon, and
I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox installed. (FF version 3.x).
I'm running Win98se.
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:28:45 -0600, james@nospam.com wrote:
I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon, and
I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox installed. (FF
version 3.x).
K-Meleon no longer works on almost any website, and the upgrades for it
are only for XP and higher.
I want to switch and make Firefox the default browser. But I cant make
it switch. I went to the Options in FF and clicked on "Make FF the
Default Browser". That does nothing, and I have tried to do it at least
10 times.
I even made a backup of K-Meleon and deleted it. Then went to FF and
clicked on "make FF the default". Still nothing. All it did then, was to
keep annoying me by saying it cant find K-Meleon.exe.
I even went so far as to modify my registry to remove all references to
K-Meleon. Then went to FF and once again, clicked on "Make FF the
default".
Still no change.....
I since restored the registry and put back K-Meleon from the backup.
How the heck can I make FF my default browser?
After that, I'll remove K-Meleon permanently.
Use below REG file. Copy and paste it into Notepad. Change the paths to your >Firefox's installation path. Make sure you use two backslashes just like >below example REG file. Save it as e.g. "SetBrowser.reg". Include the quotes >so that Notepad won't save it as "SetBrowser.reg.txt". Once it's saved,
close Firefox if it's running, then double-click the REG file (choose Yes/OK >when prompted).
If *.html files are also still opened with K-Meleon, SHIFT+RightClick a >*.html file then choose "Open with...". Choose the Firefox application, then >press OK.
**********start of code (don't include this line)**********
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell\open\ddeexec]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\ddeexec]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\ddeexec]
Anyhow, before trying these things, what is the name of the registry
files (I think there are two) in Win98se? I want to be able to put them
back (from Dos), if I f**k things up. I do have a full backup, but it's >easier to just replace the registry files....
On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:43:54 +0700, JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:28:45 -0600, james@nospam.com wrote:
I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon, and >> I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox installed. (FF
version 3.x).
K-Meleon no longer works on almost any website, and the upgrades for it
are only for XP and higher.
I want to switch and make Firefox the default browser. But I cant make
it switch. I went to the Options in FF and clicked on "Make FF the
Default Browser". That does nothing, and I have tried to do it at least
10 times.
I even made a backup of K-Meleon and deleted it. Then went to FF and
clicked on "make FF the default". Still nothing. All it did then, was to >> keep annoying me by saying it cant find K-Meleon.exe.
I even went so far as to modify my registry to remove all references to
K-Meleon. Then went to FF and once again, clicked on "Make FF the
default".
Still no change.....
I since restored the registry and put back K-Meleon from the backup.
How the heck can I make FF my default browser?
After that, I'll remove K-Meleon permanently.
Use below REG file. Copy and paste it into Notepad. Change the paths to your >Firefox's installation path. Make sure you use two backslashes just like >below example REG file. Save it as e.g. "SetBrowser.reg". Include the quotes >so that Notepad won't save it as "SetBrowser.reg.txt". Once it's saved, >close Firefox if it's running, then double-click the REG file (choose Yes/OK >when prompted).
If *.html files are also still opened with K-Meleon, SHIFT+RightClick a >*.html file then choose "Open with...". Choose the Firefox application, then >press OK.
**********start of code (don't include this line)**********
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell\open\ddeexec]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\ddeexec]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\ddeexec]
I have not tried these yet. I did find out that uninstalling both
Firefox and K-meleon, then reinstalling FF still did not set FF as the default browser.
Anyhow, before trying these things, what is the name of the registry
files (I think there are two) in Win98se? I want to be able to put them
back (from Dos), if I f**k things up. I do have a full backup, but it's easier to just replace the registry files....
james@nospam.com writes:
Anyhow, before trying these things, what is the name of the registry
files (I think there are two) in Win98se? I want to be able to put them >>back (from Dos), if I f**k things up. I do have a full backup, but it's >>easier to just replace the registry files....
The registry files are USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT in Win98.
I thank JT for those registry tweaks. I also had been annoyed for
years that clicking on an URL in my TeraTerm program always brought up >Internet Explorer though I had tried to make my default browser Firefox.
I merged JT's two .REG files into my registry, and they had the desired >result without any problems. (However, in the "Progid" file I had to
replace the line "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" with "REGEDIT4"
for the registry editor to accept it.)
--Donald Davis
james@nospam.com wrote:
I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon,
and I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox
installed. (FF version 3.x).
Do you have KernelEx installed on your system?
If so, they you should be able to run Opera 12.02. That's the only
version of Opera 12 that will run on a win-98 system (but only if it has >KernelEx).
I think you'd find that Opera 12 to be compatible with many web sites.
I myself still run Firefox 2.0.0.20 as my default browser, and
frequently view many websites with no Page Style if the default
rendering is too unworkable or faulty. But I will resort to Opera 12
for a few sites.
james@nospam.com wrote:
I'm running Win98se.
What is this hardware running W98se? CPU (including flags such as sse2
and cmov or not), ram, graphics.
On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 10:16:08 -0800, Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
wrote:
james@nospam.com wrote:
I'm running Win98se.What is this hardware running W98se? CPU (including flags such as sse2
and cmov or not), ram, graphics.
You got me.... I dont even know what most of that stuff means.
It's a 18 year old computer, that is all I know.
I dont see why that matters anyhow. This is about browsers and Win98.
The hardware runs just fine...
james@nospam.com wrote:
I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon,
and I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox
installed. (FF version 3.x).
K-Meleon no longer works on almost any website, and the upgrades for
it are only for XP and higher.
I want to switch and make Firefox the default browser. But I cant make
it switch. I went to the Options in FF and clicked on "Make FF the
Default Browser". That does nothing, and I have tried to do it at
least 10 times.
I even made a backup of K-Meleon and deleted it. Then went to FF and
clicked on "make FF the default". Still nothing. All it did then, was
to keep annoying me by saying it cant find K-Meleon.exe.
I even went so far as to modify my registry to remove all references
to K-Meleon. Then went to FF and once again, clicked on "Make FF the
default".
Still no change.....
I since restored the registry and put back K-Meleon from the backup.
How the heck can I make FF my default browser?
After that, I'll remove K-Meleon permanently.
James,
You should have the followin 2 registry settings... 1 for HTTP and 1
for HTTPS.
If not, create them.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssoc >iations\http\UserChoice\Progid >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssoc >iations\http\UserChoice\Progid
Progid is a String Value.
You have 3 choices.
They are:
FirefoxURL Firefox
ChromeHTML Chrome
IE.HTTP Internet Explorer
To make Firefox your Default edit the Progid and change it to
FirefoxURL.
If you are familiar with merging .reg files save the following to a
file named default.reg on your desktop.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAsso >ciations\http\UserChoice]
"Progid"="FirefoxURL"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAsso >ciations\https\UserChoice]
"Progid"="FirefoxURL"
Then just right-click and select Merge.
JT
If you want to see just how many of those instruction set
and feature flags there are, this utility lists quite a few
of them. But this isn't likely to run on Windows 98.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/coreinfo
And there's info on where that stuff comes from. The privileged
CPUID instructions have the flags as a series of bits. While Intel
has several utilities for "Processor Identification", I don't know
if there's one for Win98 that dumps the flags. Undoubtedly somebody,
at some time, has written a utility similar to the one described
in this article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPUID
Linux gives easy access to the info. But not every Linux LiveDVD
boots on old computers (I've tried). And I don't know if Puppy
has the info available or not. You can see an example here, of
/proc/cpuinfo belching up the details.
https://www.cyberciti.biz/media/new/faq/2010/05/linux-intel-vt-proc-cpuinfo.png
james@nospam.com writes:
Anyhow, before trying these things, what is the name of the registry
files (I think there are two) in Win98se? I want to be able to put them >>back (from Dos), if I f**k things up. I do have a full backup, but it's >>easier to just replace the registry files....
The registry files are USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT in Win98.
I thank JT for those registry tweaks. I also had been annoyed for
years that clicking on an URL in my TeraTerm program always brought up >Internet Explorer though I had tried to make my default browser Firefox.
I merged JT's two .REG files into my registry, and they had the desired >result without any problems. (However, in the "Progid" file I had to
replace the line "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" with "REGEDIT4"
for the registry editor to accept it.)
--Donald Davis
Were you getting that same error I am getting saying it's not a valid >registry script (something to that effect)?
So did you just put Regedit4 on that line?
Like I said in a prior reply, I just copied it exactly as posted and it
wont work.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAsso >>ciations\http\UserChoice]
"Progid"="FirefoxURL"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAsso >>ciations\https\UserChoice]
"Progid"="FirefoxURL"
Then just right-click and select Merge.
JT
I did this EXACTLY as you said. From above the "version 5.00" line to
below "Progid"="FirefoxURL"
I saved to the desktop. Clicked and selected MERGE.
Windows returned an error saying something like "It's not a valid
registry script"....
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:28:45 -0600, james@nospam.com wrote:
I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon, and
I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox installed. (FF
version 3.x).
K-Meleon no longer works on almost any website, and the upgrades for it
are only for XP and higher.
I want to switch and make Firefox the default browser. But I cant make
it switch. I went to the Options in FF and clicked on "Make FF the
Default Browser". That does nothing, and I have tried to do it at least
10 times.
I even made a backup of K-Meleon and deleted it. Then went to FF and
clicked on "make FF the default". Still nothing. All it did then, was to
keep annoying me by saying it cant find K-Meleon.exe.
I even went so far as to modify my registry to remove all references to
K-Meleon. Then went to FF and once again, clicked on "Make FF the
default".
Still no change.....
I since restored the registry and put back K-Meleon from the backup.
How the heck can I make FF my default browser?
After that, I'll remove K-Meleon permanently.
Use below REG file. Copy and paste it into Notepad. Change the paths to your >Firefox's installation path. Make sure you use two backslashes just like >below example REG file. Save it as e.g. "SetBrowser.reg". Include the quotes >so that Notepad won't save it as "SetBrowser.reg.txt". Once it's saved,
close Firefox if it's running, then double-click the REG file (choose Yes/OK >when prompted).
If *.html files are also still opened with K-Meleon, SHIFT+RightClick a >*.html file then choose "Open with...". Choose the Firefox application, then >press OK.
**********start of code (don't include this line)**********
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell\open\ddeexec]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\ddeexec]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\command]
@="c:\\program files\\firefox\\firefox.exe %1"
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\https\shell\open\ddeexec]
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