Operamail launches the wrong browser. How to fix?

rh99

rh99

I've gone into Control Panel, Default Programs in Win7 and changed all the browser related extensions to point to the right one. That one is also the default browser. Yet still it opens the wrong one. Is there some place I can control this? Can I do it in the old Opera 12 browser somewhere or do I need to edit an ini file?

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

Open a command prompt and do:

start "test" "http://example.com"

Then, try:

start "test" "https://example.com"

Do those open in the correct browser? If not, then that's why it's not working correctly in Opera Mail.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

Opera 12 uses handlers.ini in the profile directory. You'd add these entries to it:

[https]
Type=Protocol
Handler=C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Webhandler
Description
Flags=4

[http]
Type=Protocol
Handler=C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Webhandler
Description
Flags=4

for example.

In operaprefs.ini, you'd have:

[File Types Section Info]
Version=3

[Trusted Protocols Section Info]
Version=1

However, if you try duplicating that for the standalone Opera Mail, it won't work as it doesn't make use of handlers.ini.

And, if you try adding:

[Trusted Protocols]
http="0,0,"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe""
https="0,0,"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe""

to operaprefs.ini like Opera did back in the day before things were moved to handlers.ini, it still won't work.

So, in short, you have to fix the http and https associations on Windows (in the registry if needed) so that Opera Mail is happy.