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Gregg.
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April 18, 2015 at 4:35 pm #30237
Laure
ParticipantI installed DesktopServer and it seems to work, however it only opens in Safari, which is a fairly useless browser. I want to switch it to firefox, but I can’t find a preference panel where I can do that. Please help!
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April 18, 2015 at 9:05 pm #30289
Gregg
KeymasterHello Laure,
You will need to make a change in the preferences file. You can find where your preferences file is by reading this documentation.
https://serverpress.com/doc/how-to-open-the-desktopserver-preferences-file/
Open this file in your favorite text editor and go to around line 7
“browser”:”Safari”,
Change it to
“browser”:”Firefox”,
and save.
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April 24, 2015 at 9:35 am #32232
Laure
ParticipantI did as you suggested and there was an error. I am including screenshots.
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April 24, 2015 at 9:52 am #32254
Gregg
KeymasterHi Laure,
Looks like the quotes around Firefox are the wrong type. “Firefox” cut and paste this in and replace the existing one.
Please let us know if this does not resolve the issue or if you need further assistance.
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April 24, 2015 at 4:33 pm #32439
Laure
ParticipantHi Gregg,
It didn’t resolve the issue but the error message is slightly different.
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April 27, 2015 at 5:55 pm #33258
Laure
ParticipantI’d be happy to PM you a screenshot of the full prefs file if it could help diagnose the error.
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May 13, 2015 at 8:29 pm #38731
Jamie Bergen
ParticipantThanks! I was able to switch the default browser to Firefox using your instructions.
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May 13, 2015 at 9:54 pm #38752
Gregg
KeymasterHi Laurie,
If you could send me the preferences file I can take a look at it.
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May 23, 2015 at 4:01 am #43773
paulzz
ParticipantSame problem here. Changed Safari to Firefox and now get same error message. How did you fix it?
Would be useful to post it here so we don’t have to ask.Thanks
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May 23, 2015 at 4:05 am #43774
paulzz
ParticipantIt’s the quote marks. Some of them are smart “ while they should be standard ”
The offending marks are after “browser“: and both around the browser name.
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May 23, 2015 at 6:04 am #43806
Gregg
KeymasterOpen your preferences file
https://serverpress.com/doc/how-to-open-the-desktopserver-preferences-file/Change around line 6: “browser”:”Safari”,
to “browser”:”Firefox”,
or “browser”:”Chrome”,
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May 23, 2015 at 6:13 am #43811
paulzz
ParticipantHi Gregg
Thanks, I did work it out but the problem was caused by the wrong kind of quotes. See previous post. -
May 23, 2015 at 6:22 am #43813
Gregg
KeymasterOpen your preferences file
https://serverpress.com/doc/how-to-open-the-desktopserver-preferences-file/Change around line 6: “browser”:”Safari”,
to “browser”:”Firefox”,
or “browser”:”Chrome”,
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