Browser opening IE

[Andy]

Hi,

Just when I thought I could go away and stop bothering people again, I came across an old problem with my browser program.

The problem is that when I go to open a link to another site (pop up window) - my browser tries to display it in IE.

I can work around this by detecting if IE is running and then close it, I then tell my browser to open a second copy of itself and display the new page.

It's obviously a problem in my browser.

Interestingly enough, the Browser_test example does the same thing - opens IE
However, the Browser_test2 example does what it supposed to do work perfectly.

Now, I have used the Browser_test2 example for the basis of my browser and yet it behaves like the Browser_test example, tries to open IE.

Firefox is set as my default browser, and my browser also does this on my laptop as well.

So I have to currently use:

      CASE @IDNEWWINDOW3

            nw = nw + 1


            IF nw > 1

            STARTTIMER *pFirstWindow.win,250,9902 'Stop IE from loading

            result = RegSetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KMSbrowser", link,"secondsite")

            wpath = ""
            wpath = RegGetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies", "wpath")
            wpath = wpath + "kmsbrowser.exe"
            SYSTEM wpath

            RETURN 0
            ENDIF

If I use:


      CASE @IDNEWWINDOW3

         ' @WPARAM=@NWMF_** flags
         ' @LPARAM=&IDispatch
         ' to cancel this "popup", execute BROWSECMD .cont, @CANCELNAV
         ' to continue in a custom window, use the following:
         if ((@WPARAM & @NWMF_OVERRIDEKEY) _
         or ((@WPARAM & (@NWMF_FIRST_USERINITED|@NWMF_USERINITED)) == (@NWMF_FIRST_USERINITED|@NWMF_USERINITED)))
            ' allow


            p = CreateBrowserWindow()

            browser = GETBROWSERINTERFACE(.cont)
            browser->AddRef()
            *<COMREF>@LPARAM = browser
         else
            ' deny
            BROWSECMD (.cont, @CANCELNAV)
            ' play a sound: "popup blocked"
         endif

      ENDSELECT
   ENDWITH
   RETURN 0
ENDSUB

The program stops responding with the following details:

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
  Application Name:   KMSbrowser.exe
  Application Version:   0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:   51e8fd3d
  Fault Module Name:   OLE32.DLL
  Fault Module Version:   6.1.7600.16385
  Fault Module Timestamp:   4a5bdac7
  Exception Code:   c00000fd
  Exception Offset:   000be4a1
  OS Version:   6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
  Locale ID:   2057
  Additional Information 1:   c2e9
  Additional Information 2:   c2e9598839d74b320c6a443b57ae9f98
  Additional Information 3:   68e4
  Additional Information 4:   68e498e34f06cbb9e58172c7ad1f4ab1

Has anyone any ideas? - I have the work around but would like to fix this if I can.

Sorry to bother again!
Andy.

[LarryMc]

Don't have a clue.
All I know is that the IWB browser commands were built for IE

[Brian]

Andy,

Appears you can do it programmatically - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174156

Brian

[Andy]

Brian,

Thanks I will look at that this weekend, sorry about the arthritic hips and knees - hope i'm not adding to  any discomfort 

I removed (not uninstalled) IE via "Programs and Features" option in control panel.

Now my browser works correctly!

So, I have enabled IE again and took a snapshot of the registry changes which I will look through.

So far, all I can say it's something to do with "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" in the registry, and the file associations i.e. for some reason on links / pop ups IE wants to open and display them.

Will keep everyone posted.

Thanks,
Andy.