Can firefox mimic the Windows integration of IE?
April 11, 2008 11:26 AM   Subscribe

If throw an address like c:\my documents into an IE address bar, it opens up the folder in windows explorer. If I put the same thing in a firefox address bar, I get an html page that displays the folder/files as a series of links down the page. Anyway to get firefox to replicate the IE behavior on this type of address?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)
 
No, I don't believe so.

I think it's just one of those pesky advantages you get when your web browser is built into your OS.
posted by kbanas at 11:29 AM on April 11, 2008


Best answer: You could install IE Tab but you would have to open an ie tab before exploring. Lifehacker suggests making the extension automatically manage any address that starts with 'file://'
posted by Memo at 11:30 AM on April 11, 2008


I don't think so...
posted by dyslexictraveler at 11:33 AM on April 11, 2008


Response by poster: I actually tried IE tab but couldn't figure out how to do what the Lifehacker guy did with 'file://'

That worked, thanks!
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 11:37 AM on April 11, 2008


Setting up IE Tab to engage when there's file:// in the address bar is accomplished in the IE Tab options. Go to Tools > Addons > IE Tab > Options. In the window that pops up, there is a Sites Filter section. By default, the first rule should already be there for handling file:// type addresses and it should be enabled.
posted by junesix at 11:49 AM on April 11, 2008


Interesting. Most people want to know how to make IE behave like Firefox, which is what it did until IE7.

FYI: WindowKey+R will open the run dialog, and you can type the path of a directory you want to view there and it will open in Windows Explorer. Same number of keystrokes as typing ALT+D to get to the address bar.
posted by jeffamaphone at 12:07 PM on April 11, 2008


FYI: WindowKey+R will open the run dialog, and you can type the path of a directory you want to view there and it will open in Windows Explorer. Same number of keystrokes as typing ALT+D to get to the address bar.

Indeed, but that's one more window than otherwise, defeating the whole purpose of tabs.
posted by jmd82 at 1:58 PM on April 11, 2008


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