Change default program for .html

Please elaborate on what you mean by "it didn't work." Exactly how did you proceed?


The REG_SZ string as it appears in my Registry reads as follows (I did a direct copy/paste from regedit):

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -requestPending -osint -url "%1"

You should change this as follows:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -requestPending -osint -profile "full path to your profile here" -url "%1"

for example, if your profile is in C:\Users\Me\Some\Path, the string would read:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -requestPending -osint -profile "C:\Users\Me\Some\Path" -url "%1"

I've attached the errors I get when I click a .url file. I was actually working with FirefoxURL. THe path to the profile is fine, I use it in shortcuts now.

Could you show me the exact string you put into your Registry for the FirefoxHTML-etc. key?

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox 7\firefox.exe" -requestPending -osint -profile "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ya51kf7t.default" -url "%1"

I gave up and made the files open in IE instead. Thanks for your help anyway.

I realize this is a ridiculously old thread, but I did a decent amount of searching on two different occasions and this is the only place I could find that mentioned the specific issue I was dealing with.

Now that I finally determined a solution, I figured I would post it here for anyone else who finds this thread:

All I had to do was change the order of the profiles as listed in the profiles.ini...

So you navigate to:

C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox

And there should be a "profiles.ini"

Just open that in Notepad and swap the info of the current profile that opens HTML files with the info of the profile that you want.

Code:

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/lkweHj43.default
Default=1

[Profile1]
Name=MyCustomProfile
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/kjwudkfm.MyCustomProfile

With this configuration, the default profile handles HTML files.
Just swap the relevant info and put the profile you want under "[Profile0]" and above "Default=1"...

Code:

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=MyCustomProfile
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/kjwudkfm.MyCustomProfile
Default=1

[Profile1]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/lkweHj43.default

Now "MyCustomProfile" will open HTML files.