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coding:utilities [2011/03/01 16:19] robm Added IE2FF, which intercepts Internet Explorer invocations and forwards them (over TCP/IP) to another browser, e.g. Firefox. Useful when using WinXP via a VM at work. |
coding:utilities [2011/03/02 13:40] (current) robm IE2FF comments fix |
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| A collection of scripts and the like which I have come to rely on. | A collection of scripts and the like which I have come to rely on. | ||
| - | ====== IE2FF ====== | + | ===== IE2FF ===== |
| <code python> | <code python> | ||
| # | # | ||
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| This was written so that clicking a URL in, say, MS Outlook in a WinXP VM | This was written so that clicking a URL in, say, MS Outlook in a WinXP VM | ||
| would open the page in the host Linux' | would open the page in the host Linux' | ||
| - | that via VMwareOpenHose.exe, but VMware Player doesn' | + | that via VMwareOpenHost.exe, but VMware Player doesn' |
| that, so this was written.) | that, so this was written.) | ||
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| - | 1. Update paths in IE2FF.reg as appropriate | + | 1. Change ``giHOST`` to match your server-side hostname |
| - | 2. Install IE2FF.reg (e.g. ``regedit IE2FF.reg``) | + | 2. Call this script with --install |
| LINUX-SIDE INSTALLATION | LINUX-SIDE INSTALLATION | ||