Default browser with command line switches?

[Bossk128]

I've configured Windows 7 to launch my preferred browser when I click on a link either in an email or a document, so far so good.

I've added some command line switches to a browser shortcut which launches the browser which does what I want it to do.

However, even when the browser is running. if I click on a link in an email it still launches another instance of the same browser (without the command line arguments) rather than use the existing open browser window.


Does anybody know how I fix this?

 

[Craig321]

If you can find the open command in the registry for the browser then you can change it. For example:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word.Document.12\shell\Open\command

In there you will see the command that Word uses to open documents. You could add you switches to the equivalent key for your browser.

 

[Bossk128]

Thanks for the reply. In my reg the Word command is

xb'BVf!!!!!!!!!MKKSkWORDFiles>bi$T!V!0Z={Pk0vm~AZu /n "%1"


which makes no sense to me (I understand the %1 part).

I see all the other bits of software in there too, I'll try and get it fixed for Outlook and Thunderbird (my main problems).

Cheers!