Ed Tomlinson wrote: > On Saturday 14 November 2009 16:02:11 Matthew Toseland wrote: >> On Saturday 14 November 2009 17:19:15 Ed Tomlinson wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> For a test I installed freenet on a windows 7 box. All went well. The new >>> installation process is pretty simple. One small bone to pick. The first >>> use wizard tells you NOT to use the same browser for freenet as you use >>> normally - fine. However there does not seem to be a way to configure >>> 'Launch Freenet' from the systray to use your prefered browser. I want to >>> set it to use chrome... >> It *does* use Chrome if available, in incognito mode. Ask Zero3 why it isn't >> working. >>> This should be easy but it does not seem to be... > > Think the problem is that I installed chrome after freenet and it _is_ what I > want freenet to use. I see no option to tell freenet to switch to it.
Thanks for the feedback :) Here is the deal: At the moment, there is a great difference in security between the major browsers. Especially their incognito mode support. For that reason, the launcher will dictate the choice of browser for the user by trying to find the most secure one available on every launch. If you install Chrome, the launcher should pick it up at next launch. More specifically, it will look for the registry string "InstallLocation" under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Google Chrome". Can you check if you have that key? The fproxy message is a bit old. It was made at a time where the plan was to install a secondary browser/browser profile for the user, and use that one solely for Freenet. As browsers in the meantime have started to incorporate incognito modes, we are moving towards using those instead (and IMHO, it is a much better solution. Last time we tried the profile stuff - with FireFox - we failed miserably). I'm surprised you were able to install on Win7. I haven't tested the installer on Win7 myself yet, and I've seen reports of installations failures on Win7. It just worked out of the box? - Zero3
