Safari doesn't open his own .URL files

Hello
I've adopted Safari for Windows at work due to the good experience I had with Safai on my Mac at home, but I almost immediately I found a serious bug:
Safari for Windows creates ".URL" files perfectly like IE7, by dragging the icon on the left of the address into a folder (or the desktop). Everything' fine here. I use this functionality a lot!
I just opened the .URL file and looks nice. Here's an example:
\[InternetShortcut\]
URL=http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1188
The PROBLEM is that when I double click the ".URL" file Safari for Windows just created, Safari NEVER opens, instead opening IE7 !
There must be a registry fix for this, because if I drag the icon into an opened Safari, it opens the link perfectly.
Please tell me what I must change on the Windows Registry to fix this.
Thank you in advance for your support, and keep up the good work!

Replying to my own problem, I think I finally fixed it... by accident!
After a lot of juggling with Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs->Set predefined browser, I finally managed to get IE7 out of the way, but only after deactivating access to Internet Explorer, and a lot of random checks and reboots along the way.
I have no idea why Safari for Windows can't make himself the default browser on URL opening, but I believe you are missing some settings somewhere in the Windows Registry.
Happy bug hunting!

Similar Messages

Safari doesn't open and doesn't work at all!!!

Since three days ago, I can open safari at all. I just bounces twice and then stops. I have already tried the solutions offered in other threads which complain about similar problems with safari but safari remains troubled. I am not good at this. Please can an apple expert tell me how to fix safari step by step.

Please somebody answer ! Safari doesn't open at allg and there's not any messages from my Mac telling me what's going on!
I have tried to uninstall safari but i couldn't. Should I reinstall everything? Can i uninstall safari and get a new copy of safary?
MS Explorer 5.2 still works, but I prefer safari as i have all my bookmarks in it.
Any suggestions?
Please : )

Safari doesn't open after i updated it to 1.6.8

Safari doesn't open after i updated it to 1.6.8

Reinstall Safari 5.1.2
Then restart your Mac.
If that doesn't help, you may have a third party add on that was compatible with the prior version of Snow Leopard, but not 10.6.8.
Troubleshooting help here > Safari: Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
And try Safari in another user account. If you can't open Safari there as well, that's an indication the startup disk may need repairing.
Log back in to your admin account, launch Disk Utility. That's located in /Applications/Utilities
Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.
Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions)
Help for repairing the disk if necessary here > Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks

Safari doesn't open Pop-up & Script Windows?!

Why Safari doesn't open Pop-up & Script Windows?
I always have to use other browsers like Firefox for opening them
Example link (Download Datasheet):
http://www.grapheast.com/ge-software/cp.php?id=70
Can anyone help please?

With Safari open, from the Menu Bar click Safari. Where says; Block Pop Up windows, Deselect that.
Keep in mind pop up windows can contain malicious code.
Carolyn

Safari doesn' t open some web site

Hi,
I have a problem with my Mac Mini: From Yesterday Safari doesn' t open many web sites. I tried to cancel cache and chronology, but without success.
I tried to download another browser, but It I can' t.
What can i do?
Thanks

Avast is the problem. This is a list of links for threads regarding Avast and the issues it can cause on your Mac > Community Search: Apple Support Communities
Follow the instructions for uninstalling Avast > How to remove Avast Antivirus from a Mac
If you really want to have anti virus software installed on your Mac, try Free Antivirus for Mac Tool Download | Sophos
Do not install Sophos before completely removing Avast.

I recently had some repairs done to my ATT U-verse connection, and now my Safari doesn't open in a full screen. How do I reset that to open in full screen?

I recently had some repairs done to my ATT U-verse connection, and now my Safari doesn't open in a full screen. How do I reset that to open in full screen?

Mountain Lion is set up to close windows when you quit a program instead of saving them. To change this, put Safari in full-screen mode, move the cursor to the top, open Safari menu while holding Option key and close Safari from the menu.
If you want to do it automatically with all programmes, open System Preferences > General, and deactivate "Close windows when quitting an application"

Safari doesn't open on my Ibook G4

My Ibook G4 is a second hand computer so I reinstalled the software Mac OS X 10.3.3.
Now Safari doesn't open anymore...
How can I fix or reinstall Safari?
Grts!

Hi Chuck,
As suggested above, what does Grab do when you try to open it?
If the Grab icon appears in the Dock then it "is" open. Grab is a funny little utility in that there is no "window" that opens when you open Grab. The top menu bar though, will change to the Grab menus. In these menus you can go to the Capture menu for what you are trying to do.
On the other hand, if you are saying that the application just bounces in the Dock or does nothing or opens to immediately quit, this is another kettle of fish?
Perhaps if you can post back with what actually happens when you try to open Grab we can try to get to the bottom of it.
littleshoulders [:-)
PS. Please remember to take advantage of the Solved/Answered and Helpful feature of your topic. This not only rewards those trying to help you but alerts future users to which topics were Solved/Answered and to which posts within were the most Helpful in solving the problem.

Safari doesn't open in start page

Hi everybody,
since I have installed Mac OS X Lion, Safari doesn't open in start page. It opens always at the last page I was at least. What can I do?

Try this:
Open ‘System Preferences’
Locate and open the ‘General’ menu
Near the bottom uncheck the box that says “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps”

Since I made my Safari update yesterday, safari doesn't open my chosen webpage anymore at the start...

Since I made my Safari update yesterday, safari doesn't open my chosen webpage anymore at the start... Frustrating ! What can I do to have my opening page again ?

Go to Preferences-> general and change 3 settings there:
1. "Safari opens with" = "A new window:
2. "New windows open with" = "Homepage"
3. "Homepage" = <your chosen webpage>

Safari doesn't open some websites correclty

Safari doesn't open some websites correclty. For example Interpals:
My Internet speed is fine. It's playing videos from Youtube without any problem and displays Youtube correctly. I also resetted Safari, but it didn't help. What am I supposed to do?
I am on 10.7.5 , Safari 6.0.3

Avast is the problem. This is a list of links for threads regarding Avast and the issues it can cause on your Mac > Community Search: Apple Support Communities
Follow the instructions for uninstalling Avast > How to remove Avast Antivirus from a Mac
If you really want to have anti virus software installed on your Mac, try Free Antivirus for Mac Tool Download | Sophos
Do not install Sophos before completely removing Avast.

After loading leopard safari doesn't open

I intalled Leopard on my mac mini and now safari doesn't open not only that system prefrences and the volume don't work Is my Mac mini too old?

Leopard is OS 10.5, but your signature shows you are running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.
Which is it?

Hello applecare can you help with the macbook pro i did the update the last one and safari doesn't open anything .. what should i do ?

hello applecare can you help with the macbook pro i did the update the last one and safari doesn't open anything .. what should i do ?

Hello John...
You may have a Safari third party add on installed that was compatible with the previous version of Safari but not 5.1. Try troubleshooting > Safari: Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues
FYI... this is a user to user forum. If you can't resolve the issue, information for contacting AppleCare here.

Safari won't open up downloaded pdf file

Safari won't' open up downloaded pdf file but Firefox will.
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac12,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:          2.5 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          4
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Safari Version 6.1.1 (7537.73.11)
Receive message;
Adobe Reader could not open '2620522_rep.pdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).
I've done the dance with going to Library/internet plug-ins and there isn't anything there that refers to Adobe. I only have 4 plug-ins anyway.
Upload mgr
Content mgr
Picassa
and RocketEngine (which I need to find out what that is and get rid of it if I don't need it.)
I don't have Silverlight (which I hear will interfere).
I've got Adobe set up in settings to update automatically. I went to Adobe regardless and went to install Adobe reader and it said I already had it installed.
Anyone have an idea where to go from here?
Thanks in advance...

From the Safari menu bar, select
Help ▹ Installed Plug-ins
Besides the following, what plugins are listed?
iPhotoPhotocast
Java
QuickTime
Shockwave Flash
WebKit built-in PDF (absent in OS X 10.9 and later)

Raw plugin 8.2 doesn't open nikon d800 nef files in photoshop cc and bridge

raw plugin 8.2 doesn't open nikon d800 nef files in photoshop cc and bridge

How did you install the plugin? You may want to try reinstalling it or installing the dng converter, as that is what has the camera formats. ACR 8.2 is just the plugin for the mechanics of Camera raw. Normally they should both install, but sometime the converter doesn't.

Camera Raw (7.0.0.308) doesn't open Nikon D800 NEF file after re-installing Photoshop CS6 (13.0.6 x64) Help!

Well, the title sort of sums it up. Ohyeah, and updater tells me photoshop is up to date.
I had this version of photoshop running for about a year with no problems, after doing a clean instal of my macbook an re-installing of photoshop CS6, camera raw doesn't open my D800's files anymore.
All help is appreciated! Thanks!

What OS are you running? Perhaps it is too old to be updated to the latest ACR plug-in.
If it turns out that you need to manually install the plug-in, due to the age of your OS, you can try the process described, here, which is for rolling back ACR 8.4 to ACR 8.3, but the same thing would work to replace ACR 7.0 with ACR 8.3:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/camera-raw-84-support-policy.html

Safari doesn't open his own .URL files

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for