Let Wine program pop up URL links in default browser, NOT IE
Let Wine program pop up URL links in default browser, NOT IE
A few versions back, when one of my wine'd program needed to show an URL page, it (through Wine of course) sent that link to my default browser (Firefox) in Linux. It worked like this until version 1.1.35. Starting with 1.1.36, it pops up an IE window instead, which doesn't work on the URL and I don't want. Is there a way to reset its behavior so that the link is sent to my Firefox? Please help.
I haven't seen that change here. Firefox is my default Linux browser, and that's what Wine has always used, without my doing anything.cnbiz850 wrote:Any help please?
This may help: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-e03d797 ... bc28ad33d4
Thanks very much for the reply.
The switch is obvious on my system. If I revert back to the prior version, things work as desired. But if I install the newer version, it doesn't.
I am guessing the reason for me might be because I have installed Gecko with Winetricks. Would that be a possibility? How can I check if I installed Gecko and how then can I remove it?
The switch is obvious on my system. If I revert back to the prior version, things work as desired. But if I install the newer version, it doesn't.
I am guessing the reason for me might be because I have installed Gecko with Winetricks. Would that be a possibility? How can I check if I installed Gecko and how then can I remove it?
Re: Let Wine program pop up URL links in default browser, NO
See 'WineBrowser' keys here: http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeyscnbiz850 wrote:A few versions back, when one of my wine'd program needed to show an URL page, it (through Wine of course) sent that link to my default browser (Firefox) in Linux.
I found that under 'FileOpenAssociations' key the html is directed to winebrowser. And when I actually issue a command like:
I see that it pops up in Firefox, which is what I wanted.
I also see a 'MSHTML' key which directs to gecko. I guess the program must try to open a mshtml page instead, which then now opens in a gecko IE window. My question is why back in the prior version of Wine it was not like this? Or can I simply change the 'MSHTML' key to direct it to winebrowser? I don't dare to change before someone's confirmation.
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wine winebrowser http://www.google.comI also see a 'MSHTML' key which directs to gecko. I guess the program must try to open a mshtml page instead, which then now opens in a gecko IE window. My question is why back in the prior version of Wine it was not like this? Or can I simply change the 'MSHTML' key to direct it to winebrowser? I don't dare to change before someone's confirmation.
I don't know, I've never gotten this to work right on Mac OS X, no matter what its set to... when I finally get it trying to use winebrowser, it always gives a bad URL error.
The only way I've ever gotten winebrowser to work, was calling it directly with wine winebrowser URL... clicked links in other programs that are supposed to use winebrowser just give winebrowser errors.
I'm guessing it works better on Linux since people seem to not have issues.. but I think there are a lot of bugs in the code, so I stopped ever expecting it to work right.
The only way I've ever gotten winebrowser to work, was calling it directly with wine winebrowser URL... clicked links in other programs that are supposed to use winebrowser just give winebrowser errors.
I'm guessing it works better on Linux since people seem to not have issues.. but I think there are a lot of bugs in the code, so I stopped ever expecting it to work right.
In my case, winebrowser works. In Wine'd applications when I click on some url, a tab open in Firefox. That is the good part.
But, this one application (which is the one I report about on this thread) doesn't do so with the newer versions of Wine (as reported in the first post). Seems most likely that it tries to open an MSHTML page, so now the Gecko IE pops up. (This app automatically opens the url on the first run of everyday.) But I am really confused why a few versions earlier of Wine still sent the page to my Firefox. There is no change on my settings. As a matter of fact, if I revert to the earlier version of Wine, it still behaves the same. The new versions somehow have something different.
Can someone confirm if I can disable Gecko for MSHTML in the registry and have it use winebrowser instead?
But, this one application (which is the one I report about on this thread) doesn't do so with the newer versions of Wine (as reported in the first post). Seems most likely that it tries to open an MSHTML page, so now the Gecko IE pops up. (This app automatically opens the url on the first run of everyday.) But I am really confused why a few versions earlier of Wine still sent the page to my Firefox. There is no change on my settings. As a matter of fact, if I revert to the earlier version of Wine, it still behaves the same. The new versions somehow have something different.
Can someone confirm if I can disable Gecko for MSHTML in the registry and have it use winebrowser instead?
Any help please?
cnbiz850 wrote:In my case, winebrowser works. In Wine'd applications when I click on some url, a tab open in Firefox. That is the good part.
But, this one application (which is the one I report about on this thread) doesn't do so with the newer versions of Wine (as reported in the first post). Seems most likely that it tries to open an MSHTML page, so now the Gecko IE pops up. (This app automatically opens the url on the first run of everyday.) But I am really confused why a few versions earlier of Wine still sent the page to my Firefox. There is no change on my settings. As a matter of fact, if I revert to the earlier version of Wine, it still behaves the same. The new versions somehow have something different.
Can someone confirm if I can disable Gecko for MSHTML in the registry and have it use winebrowser instead?
Tried to understand what the problem is here. Now I installed ie6 with Winetricks, the behavior is different. Let me try to explain.
Initially, before I report about the problem, the program acted like this. When started for the first time during the day, it first pops up a window with some information, then after I pressed 'OK' in that window, it then opens its primary window and also at the same time has Firefox open a web page that has very much the same information as contained in the information window.
Then, after some Wine upgrades, it behaves like this. After I pressed 'OK' in the information window, it opens its primary window, but then at the same time, instead of opening the web page in Firefox, it opens an IE window showing nothing. This is the problem I was trying to report.
Now, after I installed the IE6, it is like this. After the information window and the primary window, it does NOT open the web page any more - not in IE nor in Firefox - there is no third window. I am not sure if this is the right behavior under Windows or not as I do not run Windows now. This good to me on the one hand as it got rid of the useless blank window, but on the other, I miss the web page as it does contain more information may want to check from time to time.
The Wine I have been using are from the Wine-cn ppa repository for Ubuntu 9.10. As some reply in the thread mention that there is not switch of the behavior upon a change of Wine versions, I wonder if Wine-cn made the difference.
Initially, before I report about the problem, the program acted like this. When started for the first time during the day, it first pops up a window with some information, then after I pressed 'OK' in that window, it then opens its primary window and also at the same time has Firefox open a web page that has very much the same information as contained in the information window.
Then, after some Wine upgrades, it behaves like this. After I pressed 'OK' in the information window, it opens its primary window, but then at the same time, instead of opening the web page in Firefox, it opens an IE window showing nothing. This is the problem I was trying to report.
Now, after I installed the IE6, it is like this. After the information window and the primary window, it does NOT open the web page any more - not in IE nor in Firefox - there is no third window. I am not sure if this is the right behavior under Windows or not as I do not run Windows now. This good to me on the one hand as it got rid of the useless blank window, but on the other, I miss the web page as it does contain more information may want to check from time to time.
The Wine I have been using are from the Wine-cn ppa repository for Ubuntu 9.10. As some reply in the thread mention that there is not switch of the behavior upon a change of Wine versions, I wonder if Wine-cn made the difference.
