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

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. [...]