Top Start Menu: Firefox and Hotmail

[SiMoNsAyS]

another time search didn't work and i'm sure this maybe in the registry tweaks thread but there are too many pages. my problem it's that i want to use firefox as my default internet browser and hotmail as my default web mail system. the shortcuts at the top start menu (not classic) always show internet explorer and outlook and i want to change them. i exported the settings from my taskbar and that works but only for the links menu in the right side and for the programs menu. i wasn't able to change these 2, also i want to make firefox my default web browser and don't know how (i think putting it at the top start menu and openning it, will display the "would you like to make firefox your default web browser?" and after this it will do it alone). thanks for replies

[Alanoll]

Mark other one up for 2 minutes using the search button. Atleast for teh startmenu settigns.

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...8365&hl=browser

[SiMoNsAyS]

@Alanoll thanks but i still don't know how you can find between all those posts

[SiMoNsAyS]

finally i found a way that works (this is for FireFox 0.8 and 0.9RC but i think it could work with any browser:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;registry settings for firefox

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla]@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox 0.8.]

"GeckoVer"="1.0.1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox 0.8.\bin]

"PathToExe"="\\Archivos de programa\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"

@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox 0.8.\Extensions]

"Components"="\\Archivos de programa\\Mozilla Firefox\\Components"

"Plugins"="\\Archivos de programa\\Mozilla Firefox\\Plugins"

@=""

;Set the Start Menu sticky apps

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet]

@="Firefox.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Firefox.exe]

@="\\Archivos de programa\\Mozilla Firefox\\Firefox.exe"

"Path"="\\Archivos de programa\\Mozilla Firefox"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Firefox.exe]

@="Firefox"

"LocalizedString"="Firefox"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Firefox.exe\DefaultIcon]

@="\\Archivos de programa\\Mozilla Firefox\\Firefox.exe,0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Firefox.exe\shell\open\command]

@="\\Archivos de programa\\Mozilla Firefox\\Firefox.exe"

;default mail client hotmail

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail]

@="Hotmail"

i'm my language %PROGRAMFILES% it's named "Archivos de programa" so change the paths to your own necessities