browsers Firefox and IE7

[John Sutherland_1]

I have tried IE 7 and when my Firefox browser is selected it will not fully access my Outlook Express - I cannot open URL's in Outlook Express.
I removed IE7 and went back to IE6 which is compatable.
Curious - I have also tried running the Vista upgrade advisor and it runs continiously without any results.
Small problems does anyone have an answer.
John

[Bryan Eley]

Interesting, as this has been a reported problem since IE7 RC2:

"If a computer user chooses Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox or some other browser as the default, IE 7 Beta 2 apparently prevents Outlook from launching a browser from an email link. Making IE 7 the default corrects the problem, which was confirmed independently by TechWeb on Outlook 2000."

Source: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187200191

Does this occur with the latest incarnation of IE7? I have IE7 and Firefox at home but don't use OE as my mail browser. I may have to check that out.

Bryan

[John Sutherland_1]

Yes - If I open IE7 as default then I can use browser access from E-mail URL's. I can set Program Access and Defaults for Firefox and Oulook Express. But Outlook Express will not open URL's with Firefox browser when IE7 is installed. However there is no problem with IE6. So after trying IE7 I have simply gone back to using IE6. I like having the two browsers as there are advantages to each.
John

[Bryan Eley]

John,

I tried this at home on my XP Pro SP2 system, but the default email with a link in Outlook Express 6 worked for me with Firefox F 1.5.0.7 as the default browser and IE 7.0.5730.11 as the secondary browser, so I'm wondering what the difference between your system and mine is.

While I use Pocomail instead of OE I made OE the default email program and I was able to click on the link in the Outlook Express welcome email message and Firefox dutifully opened up and loaded the link. Wonder if Thunderbird as the email client would show a similar problem for you.

Bryan

[John Sutherland_1]

Thank you for trying Bryan. As I said it is not important. I just thought Microsoft was cuting out another browser.
John