Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

Hi, I tried to search this but couldn't find an answer. just wondering if anyone can help me to chang opera back as the default browser. whenever i open a link from my email, it would open ie instead. i installed skyfire the other day, and notice it's not working for my diamond so i unstalled it right away. this happened after the uninstallation. I think probably when i unstall skyfire, it assigned ie as the default browser instead. please let me know how to change it back, ie is driving me crazy. haha. thanks.

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

I though thats just how it was? Im on Juicy's ROM and it opens links from an email into IE.

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

no, opera is the default, it always been opening opera automatically until i installed and uninstalled skyfire.

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I know that with the latest version of Advanced Configuration Tool (ACT) you can change file associations. Install ACT and then load it. Click on Menu, More Settings, File Associations. Scroll down to .htm, .html, etc and highlight the entry. Then below, choose the default program to open those files (Opera) and then save all settings and soft reset.

I have attached the version that I am running on my Diamond.

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

thanks, i installed it, but it say that i don't have the latest microsoft.net to run it. i would think that since this is a new phone, it would have the latest .net . is 3.5 the version i need? i prob won't be able to install it till i go home.

edit: before i do anything else i need to ask this, should i install the 3.5 version of .net? will this do anything else funny on my phone? i am just very surprise that since the phone is so new, it doesn't come with the latest version of .net. again i have the sprint version diamond.

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

Yeah, 3.5 is the latest of the .NET CF. It won't do anything bad to your phone and a lot of the apps/games that use the accelerometer use .NET anyway. Get 3.5 here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

ic, sprint should had put that with the phone. haha, o well, i have to wait till i go home since it's not a .cab file. can't dl it at work. haha. it's bad enough that i am surfing the web at work. haha. thanks alot, and hopefully this will change opera back as the default.

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Good luck and let us know if it works for you.

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When I go to choose Opera as the default program its not in the program files folder when browsing.

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If you want Opera to be the default browser just re-run the Cab file in your windows directory, I believe it is called, "WM6_HTC_PPC_Opera.cab' or something close to that, it will not delete your bookmarks, history or cookies. I did this myself and it worked like a charm.

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

Doc, I can't see that file in my Windows folder. Do you know the exact file?

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

Not sure if you got the problem fixed yet but I was having the same issue.

The file was WM6_PPC_HTC_Opera9_WWE.cab under My Device>Windows. It is 3.96mb.

I ran it and it has fixed my problem.

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

I had the same issue (likewise, likely following a botched skyfire install), and after messing around with it for a while today (the opera installer didn't work for me), I've gotten it working by editing the following registry keys (I used CeRegistry editor):

Take a look at HKCR\_htmlfile_Opera and note the defaultIcon and shell\run\command values Now take a look at the HKCR\http and HKCR\https keys. You'll probably find IExplore entries in those locations; replace with the opera values as above. HKCR\urlfile might be worth changing, too, but just the two above will fix most apps (rss hub, for example).

Fixing Mail requires one more change:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\shell\rai\:D EFBROWSER
had values set of 0 = "IExplore" and 1 = "iexplore.exe". I changed these to "Opera" and "\Windows\OperaL.exe", respectively. Now the mail links work just fine, too.


There's probably a better way to do that, but it got the job done for me, at least.

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Quick note - Thanks, your advice worked great

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I'm looking at my HKCR\urlfile key. The value set to shell\open\command is
"iexplore.exe -u%1". Can I simply replace iexplore.exe with OperaL.exe? Is the -u needed?

Also the value for DefaultIcon is browsres.dll,-6702. Should that be updated to something else. Thanks

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

you can do what ever you want but I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish. If your goal is to make opera the default browser, then you just need to edit the registry like this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\: DEFBROWSER
"0"=Opera Browser
"1"=\Windows\OperaL.exe

or to make it even easier you can just install this .cab that will do that for you. Make sure to give thanks to Relic for hooking it up. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...3&postcount=14
If this is not what you are asking, maybe you can actually mention what you are trying to do.

Re: Sprint diamond opera is not the default browser anymore
 

I have made the registry edits which set Opera as the default browser and all seems to be working well.

wog13 also mentioned that the HKCR\urlfile key might be worth changing as well.

For the sake of completeness, I would like to change the values of that key as well, which is why I asked what I asked.

Thanks