Posted by Terry Pinnell on 09/26/07 08:58

I'm not entirely sure if this is OT or not, but wonder if anyone here
can offer any thoughts please.

From my text editor, TextPad, I can open URLs like
http://goldwave.ca/forums/
directly, by r-clicking and choosing Open. I expect that's commonplace
with most text editors.

I can also open a link to my local HD like this
file://D:/Docs/SUNDRY/Graphics/terry02.gif
in its associated application (in that case, IrfanView).

Similarly, this one
file://D:/Docs/SUNDRY/Graphics/WEBGRA~1.HTM
opens in my Firefox browser.
(I could have avoided the 8.3 syntax by using this
file:///D:/Docs/SUNDRY/Graphics/Web%20Graphics%20on%20a%20Budget%20-%20Layers.htm
)

But here's my problem. *Some* of the web pages I've saved are
incompatible with Firefox but *do* work in MSIE6. (Various reasons,
but typically some sort of Java issue.)

So my question is: how can I can amend a link like
file://D:/Docs/SUNDRY/Graphics/WEBGRA~1.HTM
so that it's forced to open in IE6, instead of the program associated
with HTM (Firefox)? FWIW, my IE6 is at the usual location
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Any advice would be appreciated please.

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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