Mike Driscoll wrote:
I've had this niggling issue from time to time. I want to create a
shortcut on the user's desktop to a website that specifically loads
Firefox even if Firefox is not the default browser.
...
shortcut = shell.CreateShortCut(userDesktop + '\\MyShortcut.lnk')
shortcut.Targetpath = r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
https:\www.myCompanyWebsite.com\
<http://www.myCompanyWebsite.com%5C>auth\preauth.php'
shortcut.WorkingDirectory = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla
Firefox'
shortcut.save()
</code>
Do you understand that it is not safe to assume that Firefox lives in
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox"? I often override my application
install directories to keep the paths short, so I put it in
"C:\Apps\Firefox". Plus, the "Program Files" path name is localized on
the international versions of Windows.
You'll need to dig in the registry, in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox. Fetch the
"CurrentVersion" string value, then look inside that key, in Main, and
fetch the PathToExe string. Something like this:
ffkey = _winreg.OpenKey( _winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
'SOFTWARE\\Mozilla\\Mozilla Firefox')
ffver = _winreg.QueryValueEx( ffkey, 'CurrentVersion' )[0]
print ffver
ffmainkey = _winreg.OpenKey( ffkey, sub + "\\Main" )
ffpath = _winreg.QueryValueEx( ffmainkey, 'PathToExe' )[0]
_winreg.CloseKey( ffkey )
_winreg.CloseKey( ffmainkey )
--
Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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