This doesn't work for me. IE is the only browser in that list.
Lawrence
· 1 year ago
To be totally honest, that KB article is just an excuse. It's perfectly easy to, if it's a vista user, check the correct registry adjustments, or even use the AIR runtime to do it for the user.
Rick Mahn
· 1 year ago
Ryan - I have to ask: you do have another browser besides IE installed...?
Lawrence, of course it is! I'm just surprised at Adobe. Frustrating experience on that one.
Caio Iglesias
· 1 year ago
Man... That "Set Program Access And Computer Defaults” won't save my options! It just switches everything back to "Use my current..." the next time I go into it. I am logged in as an admin. Is anyone else experiencing something like this?
Rick Mahn
· 1 year ago
Caio, I have seen that! Just the other day when I updated AlertThingy to a new version. What ended up working was to close my browsers and all AIR apps, then go change the default browser settings detailed above. Then when I launched Twhirl it would again open my links in the correct browser.
Hope this helps, Rick
Caio Iglesias
· 1 year ago
Hey Rick, thanks for the reply. I tried what you suggested but it's still not working. Does it switch back to “Use my current…” when you change it and then open “Set Program Access And Computer Defaults” again or the option you chose is still selected? Thanks!
Rick Mahn
· 1 year ago
Caio, When I had the apps open it reverted to "use current" but when I closed them all and changed the settings it stuck. Maybe I just got lucky with it. Might be something to dig deeper on Adobe's knowledge base, or to check with Twhirl as well. Wish I had another idea to try, but it's about all the settings that there are for this.
Rick
Caio Iglesias
· 1 year ago
Got it! Start + R regedit and deleted: - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.htm - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.html - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.lnk After restart they were recreated properly and calling for firefox.
I found a tip for this @ google desktops' google group.
Thanks Rick!
Rick Mahn
· 1 year ago
Caio, That's good news! Sorry I had no other ideas, glad you found it in the end. Also, thank you for sharing what worked for other folks to find.
Regards, Rick
Caio Iglesias
· 1 year ago
I'm back again for one last warning ;) Far too many registry deletions!!! Don't delete the last one: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.lnk, it causes windows shortcuts to do nothing. The fix is here: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/Fil... Just download the fix for the .lnk filetype association and "run" it. Done. Thanks once again!
Luke Armour
· 1 year ago
This was perfect for me and I've been able to share it with other twitterati who have been seeking looking to solve the same problem. Great tip.
Rick Mahn
· 1 year ago
Luke, glad it helped out! Something that should have been built into the AIR install itself, but at least we have the ability to make it work the way we want. :)
Scottish
· 1 year ago
Thanks very much for digging up this solution; this has been driving me nuts!
Scott Lenger
· 1 year ago
Thanks, very helpful.
Anthony Stevens
· 1 year ago
Rick, thanks so much for this! This worked amazingly well. You've removed one of the last Twhirl annoyances for me.
Scott Lenger
· 1 year ago
Thanks, worked for me as well.
Rick Mahn
· 1 year ago
Hi all, glad this fix has worked for you. I've seen a couple variations where this fix got messed up after a FireFox upgrade. Setting things back to defaults and then re-performing the fix worked. I hope this is addressed in future AIR updates, or at least that this workaround continues to do the trick for us.
Cheers, Rick
Marc Brooks
· 1 year ago
Fixed it... change the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command (default) to C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\Chrome.exe (for Vista/Server 2008)
Brian Horn
· 11 months ago
You saved me!!! I was about ready to throw my laptop though the wall.
Thank you so much.
Anna Richard
· 9 months ago
Hey this worked. I've been having trouble with my laptop since day one. Thank you for saving me the frustration.
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Eric
· 3 months ago
Thank you, I was trying to download adobe air for tweetdeck using firefox. I was getting frustrated and found your article. I downloaded with ie8 with no problem.
scania70
· 3 months ago
On firing up my pc it stated that my pc required Adobe-Air, after downloading , when after start up up comes a window saying that this installation of this application is damaged . Try re installing , but after reinstalling this window still appears. Can you help me on a way to stop this and cure it please. Thanks Mr Brian Rouse.
Rick Mahn
· 3 months ago
@scania70 This sounds like an Adobe Air issue, so I'd head on over to http://support.adobe.com and see if they can help answer that question. They would be best suited to help fix that particular problem.
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Lawrence, of course it is! I'm just surprised at Adobe. Frustrating experience on that one.
I have seen that! Just the other day when I updated AlertThingy to a new version. What ended up working was to close my browsers and all AIR apps, then go change the default browser settings detailed above. Then when I launched Twhirl it would again open my links in the correct browser.
Hope this helps,
Rick
Rick
Start + R
regedit
and deleted:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.htm
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.html
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.lnk
After restart they were recreated properly and calling for firefox.
I found a tip for this @ google desktops' google group.
Thanks Rick!
Regards,
Rick
Far too many registry deletions!!!
Don't delete the last one: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.lnk, it causes windows shortcuts to do nothing. The fix is here: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/Fil...
Just download the fix for the .lnk filetype association and "run" it.
Done. Thanks once again!
Cheers,
Rick
Thank you so much.
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