How can I stop Netscape from starting?

[joshInAlaska]

I've got a small irritant that has me ready to eliminate it. My problem is Netscape Navigator 4.72. It is installed onto a shared computer running Win2k at work. I was hoping to install 6.2, which I did, but the guys who uses Netscape hadn't switched to it. As it turns out, 6.2 is not allowed in our environment, so it's now uninstalled.

Personally, I use IE, and Outlook. My real problem is this. On occasion, without doing anything on my computer, the profile login for Netscape pops open. I can close it without any problems, but I don't want it popping up at all. Also, while I'm in Outlook, and when I open URL links in emails, the Netscape profile login pops open. Unless I copy and paste the link (if it is available), I've got no choice but to use Netscape to view the HTML files.

How can I stop Netscape from automatically openning up the profile login window, and have Outlooks HTML links open with IE as the default?

Thanks in advance.

 

[stndn]

on msie : tools > options > programs > ie should check if default
the next time it will ask if you want to make ie default browser, choose yes

or, go to windows explorer, view > options > file types > html, and edit it to open by msie

 

[joshInAlaska]

I've checked those already, and they are set appropriately. I'm really stumped on this one. Why does Netscape automatically open the profile login on occasion? Anyway, I'm hoping that someone can help to solve this mystery.

 

[sandorski]

Strange. Have you got NS setup to be default for certain things?

Have you setup a profile in NS? If not, try setting one up and see if that happens again.