Hi Mainframeguy,
Thanks for the reply. I think I was asking the wrong question. Someone on another forum was able to decipher my ramblings and give me an answer that I think may work.
This much I already knew:
me said:
I edit [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command] to:
"V:\\Firefox\\FIREFOX.EXE -url \"%1\""
(The binaries for Firefox reside on a shared drive mapped to v:\ for all users)
This basically makes FF the default browser. FF still asks the user if it should be default. This was giving me fits.
The answer seems to be not another registry entry, as I was ass-umming, but in the \defaults\pref\firefox.js file. There is an entry:
Code:
pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", true);
That I can change to:
Code:
pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
Normally, I would not be happy with this as an answer, as it allows the user to make IE the default browser, and FF would not try to change it back. But since I am removing all shortcuts to IE, most of the users will probably not bother to lookfor, or run IE from a command line.
I do have one more question, if I may:
My question surrounds the dialog box that appears, asking if the user wants to import their IE settings. Is there any way to force this import, without prompting the user?
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To answer your question Mainframeguy, I have Thunderbird on two machines at work, both pointing to the same acount. As long as your mail is left on the server, you should not encounter any problems.