Journal yagu's Journal: IE7, a virus? 15
Recently I sent a rant to an on-line photo printer because their free downloadable software insisted on firing up IE7 on my computer, even though Foxfire is my default browser (translation in my book: I don't want IE running on my computer. Ever, if possible.
To verify their gaffe, I downloaded their software on my other computer with similar results. Bummer.
Okay, here's the scratchy-head part: I've noticed other applications, other interactions with both computers whereby IE7 is started in lieu of Foxfire. And, the other incidents seem strangely unrelated. I checked my file associations just in case that had anything to do with this, all html, htm, etc. are associated with Foxfire. WTH? (e.g., bringing up Google Desktop Indexing status fired up IE7...)
Has anyone else noticed unauthorized/unexpected intrusions (as far as I'm concerned) by IE7 since the Microsoft update?
nothing to do with ie7 (Score:2, Informative)
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Solution (Score:3, Informative)
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The only downside is that firefox will try and "download" iexplore.exe from it's current location on your hard disk, opening the requested page in a background tab behind a blank one. There's a dirty way to fix this, adding -width or -height as an argument, firefox tries to set it's window size to "iexplore.exe". Perhaps someone has a more elegant solution?
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This should work alongside the registry IFEO tweak I failed to relay:
HTH
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There's no need for coding when the solution is fully within the UI already.
I believe Andrewm1986 is on to something, but here's my take on it:
Maybe it's a half-baked theory, but I believe this should intercept just about all calls to "iexplore"
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Last I heard, XP (possibly Win2k SPx) doesn't let you delete/rename/overwrite system files. If you do, Windows just replaces the file with the "proper" one.
I'm sure the
Am I being an idiot, or does someone have the solution?
That can be arranged.. (Score:2)
Foxfire? (Score:1)
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I come from a different era... and the imprint in my brain is almost indelible from a song I loved called Fox Fire [oldielyrics.com], and when I'm posting without a net, I consistently mix the two up. Sigh.
And, from the same era and apparently still alive and kicking today was a popular book series: Foxfire [amazon.com].
It's what happen when you get older and your brain starts to fill with similar items. :-)
-Regards,
yagu
reverse can be true (Score:1)
It's not IE7 (Score:2)
Use the GUI, Luke... (Score:2)
When IE 7 is first fired up, it asks you if you want it to become your default browser. I suppose it's possible that something like Automatic Updates launch