Comments on: Register Firefox Portable With Default Programs in Windows Vista

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:06:24 +0000

Windows 7 X64.
Like others here, I use many portable apps, Firefox among them.
This hack works for just about every program except Window Live Mail. Any link clicked in WLM brings up Firefox.exe ignoring all the personalisation which I assume is loaded when FirefoxPortable.exe is run.
Its a pain in the rear!
If anyone has any solution I would be grateful
Cheers
Dave

By: Utiliser FireFox et Thunderbird portables comme programme par défaut sous Vista | Vincent Mazenod, aka mazenovi, aka voisin de gennetines

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:31:30 +0000

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By: Alexandre

Alexandre — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:55:08 +0000

Yes, it works with Windows 7 RC. Select the .exe file and make it run in compatibility mode with Vista, then go to the Contro Panel – Programs (Software) – Default Programs (Software) and click in the Firefox Portable to select type of files to be opened by Firefox Portable.

By: xpander

xpander — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:43:08 +0000

not work on windows 7

By: Charlee

Charlee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:21:07 +0000

Woohoo! this is just what I needed thank you very much! oh if you’re wondering this program worked fine on Vista 64 SP2 RC1 =)

By: mysiar

mysiar — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:56:22 +0000

it is lovely program, fix all the problems I had

cheers

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:42:17 +0000

Ramesh and @Paul,

I have to agree with Paul. It would be great to see this generalized.

For instance, I try to use as many portable apps as possible, even running off my HDD, because I have to restructure partitions frequently. Each time I move the directory, Default Programs breaks badly — it would let me register the portable app the first time, and subsequently it will not — the option doesn’t show up again. I have yet to find an easy fix, though I am about to try the OpenWithAdd fix you once supplied.

There are a lot of things I use regularly in portable editions, like Foxit PDF Reader Portable (which is a hack) and ImgBurn, to name just two.

By: Paul Wright

Paul Wright — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:44:53 +0000

Is it possible to generalize this? I use a lot of portable programs and would love to have them as defaults. Sometimes Vista will let me browse to and choose them but mostly, not so much.

A specific issue is Thunderbird portable for email.

You have wonderful information here. I’m sorry I had not discovered you before.

—–Paul——

By: Howto: Register Firefox Portable as the default Windows browser « the back room tech

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:28:23 +0000

[...] Howto: Register Firefox Portable as the default Windows browser August 27, 2008 — Julie Ramesh has written some instructions detailing how to register Firefox Portable as the default browser for Windows XP and Windows Vista. [...]