Tips for Windows XP Safari Users: How to open Safari when clicking on a link/URL?
Thomas Menguy | October 6, 2008Ok, I’m a browser freak, check my Start menu:
Only Opera missing .
For the last few months Safari has been my default browser, for two main reasons:
- Speed! (blow even Chrome in the water for me)
- Font rendering: much more smoother than all the others, easier for the eyes
- Did I mention Speed?
But one thing was really annoying: when clicking on an URL in outlook or any other application: IE or Firefox were launched (in fact the last “default browser†I’ve set before Safari) instead of Safari!
Here is a tip to fix it:
- Be sure that safari has been set as your default browser
- In any explorer window, got to tools/folder options
- Then File Types, select “URL:HyperText Transfer Protocolâ€
- Click on Advanced, select Open
- Click Edit and fill the form has in the next screenshot
- Click OK,OK and do the same for “URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacyâ€
And now your links are properly opened in Safari!
Hope this helps!
Thomas