Re: Make Firefox the default browser?

I'm having a lot of trouble with this...
Google got me a script that almost works, but I think there are more 
registry keys to make Firefox the default browser. When you run Firefox 
it still thinks it's not the default browser, non-admin level users 
can't set it as default, and there a few html files that still want to 
open in Notepad when double clicked.
Anyone want to help with this?

script is attached


Matt Miller wrote:
> This is for when you want to run Firefox, not install it...
> Creating a shortcut that runs that command won't work either. The users 
> are running as user, not as administrator, and can't change the default 
> browser.
> I think I'm going to have to go through the registry. I'll have a peak 
> at the file you posted. I'll post whatever I figure out to the wiki and 
> list.
>
>
> Paul Griffith wrote:
> > Give this a try, I have not tried it my self.....
> >
> > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_Your_Default_Browser
> >
> > Force Firefox to make itself the default
> >
> > If Firefox already thinks that it is default, exit Firefox completely,
> > go to "Start Menu -> Run" and enter this into the text box: 
> > firefox.exe -silent -nosplash -setDefaultBrowser
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 12:26:07PM -0400, Matt Miller wrote:
> > > We've been using WPKG for a few months now. It's awesome.
> > > One problem, we don't know how to make Firefox the default browser 
> > > with WPKG. I've pretty much determined that I'd have to change 
> > > several registry keys, which can be done, but will take a lot of 
> > > smashing the keybo-- err troubleshooting.
> > >
> > > Anyone know how do set Firefox as the default browser easily with WPKG?
> > >
> > >
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- Matt Miller -
Solutions for Progress
728 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA  19146
215-701-6108 (v)
215-972-8109 (f)
@ECHO OFF &SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox" /S ^|FINDSTR "\<PathToExe\>" 2^>NUL') 
DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 (SET SPF=%%~s?))
IF NOT DEFINED SPF (ENDLOCAL &GOTO :EOF)
SET "KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE"
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY %KEY%\Classes\.htm /VE 
^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 (SET EX1=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY %KEY%\Classes\.html /VE 
^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 (SET EX2=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Clients\StartMenuInternet /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 
(SET VAL=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Classes\ftp\DefaultIcon /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 
(SET IC1=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Classes\ftp\shell\open\command /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF 
ERRORLEVEL 0 (SET OP1=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Classes\gopher\DefaultIcon /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 
(SET IC2=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Classes\gopher\shell\open\command /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF 
ERRORLEVEL 0 (SET OP2=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Classes\HTTP\DefaultIcon /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 
(SET IC3=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Classes\HTTP\shell\open\command /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF 
ERRORLEVEL 0 (SET OP3=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Classes\https\DefaultIcon /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF ERRORLEVEL 0 
(SET IC4=%%?))
FOR /F "TOKENS=3 DELIMS=        " %%? IN ('REG QUERY 
%KEY%\Classes\https\shell\open\command /VE ^|FIND "REG_" 2^>NUL') DO (IF 
ERRORLEVEL 0 (SET OP4=%%?))
IF DEFINED EX1 (IF /I "%EX1%" NEQ "FirefoxHTML" (REG ADD %KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop 
/V "SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm" /D "%EX1%" /F >NUL))
IF DEFINED EX2 (IF /I "%EX2%" NEQ "FirefoxHTML" (REG ADD %KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop 
/V "SOFTWARE\Classes\.html" /D "%EX2%" /F >NUL))
IF DEFINED VAL (IF /I "%VAL%" NEQ "FIREFOX.EXE" (REG ADD %KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop 
/V "SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\" /D "%VAL%" /F >NUL))
IF DEFINED IC1 (ECHO/%IC1% |FIND /I "FIREFOX" 2>NUL ||REG ADD 
%KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop /V SOFTWARE\Classes\ftp\DefaultIcon /D "%IC1%" /F >NUL)
IF DEFINED OP1 (ECHO/%OP1% |FIND /I "FIREFOX" 2>NUL ||REG ADD 
%KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop /V SOFTWARE\Classes\ftp\shell\open\command /D 
"%OP1:"=\"%" /F >NUL)
IF DEFINED IC2 (ECHO/%IC2% |FIND /I "FIREFOX" 2>NUL ||REG ADD 
%KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop /V SOFTWARE\Classes\gopher\DefaultIcon /D "%IC2%" /F >NUL)
IF DEFINED OP2 (ECHO/%OP2% |FIND /I "FIREFOX" 2>NUL ||REG ADD 
%KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop /V SOFTWARE\Classes\gopher\shell\open\command /D 
"%OP2:"=\"%" /F >NUL)
IF DEFINED IC3 (ECHO/%IC3% |FIND /I "FIREFOX" 2>NUL ||REG ADD 
%KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop /V SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTP\DefaultIcon /D "%IC3%" /F >NUL)
IF DEFINED OP3 (ECHO/%OP3% |FIND /I "FIREFOX" 2>NUL ||REG ADD 
%KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop /V SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTP\shell\open\command /D 
"%OP3:"=\"%" /F >NUL)
IF DEFINED IC4 (ECHO/%IC4% |FIND /I "FIREFOX" 2>NUL ||REG ADD 
%KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop /V SOFTWARE\Classes\https\DefaultIcon /D "%IC4%" /F >NUL)
IF DEFINED OP4 (ECHO/%OP4% |FIND /I "FIREFOX" 2>NUL ||REG ADD 
%KEY%\Mozilla\Desktop /V SOFTWARE\Classes\https\shell\open\command /D 
"%OP4:"=\"%" /F >NUL)
FOR %%? IN (htm html) DO (REG ADD %KEY%\Classes\.%%? /VE /D "FirefoxHTML" /F 
>NUL)
FOR %%? IN (ftp gopher HTTP https) DO (
  REG ADD %KEY%\Classes\%%?\DefaultIcon /VE /D "%SPF%,1" /F >NUL
  REG ADD %KEY%\Classes\%%?\shell\open\command /VE /D "%SPF% -url \"%%1\"" /F 
>NUL
  REG ADD %KEY%\Classes\%%?\shell\open\ddeexec /VE /D "\"%%1\",,0,0,,,," /F >NUL
  REG ADD %KEY%\Classes\%%?\shell\open\ddeexec\Application /VE /D "Firefox" /F 
>NUL)
REG ADD %KEY%\Clients\StartMenuInternet /VE /D "FIREFOX.EXE" /F >NUL
ENDLOCAL &GOTO :EOF