One of the biggest problems with Live messenger is it
automatically assumes that you like Internet Explorer to view
hotmail or any other live mail accounts. This is so wrong because
most of us use FireFox as our default browsers. So it’s a bit
annoying when clicking on the email button in messenger directly
opens IE and starts loading hotmail.
So here is a nice utility which allows you to customize in which
browser you want to open your hotmail page
even if you set firefox as the default browser, only the links
get open. The email button always opens IE to load your hotmail.
This is ok if you use IE7 with IE7 pro ,
and a disaster if you are still using IE6 in older OS, or if you
prefer opening hotmail in FireFox.
1 . Install Latest Version of
WLM (not a beta, might not work with a beta)
2. Install Messenger Plus!
Live
Important Note: When install,
at the first screen, click Next. Take a careful look at the second
screen because that’s where it will ask you whether to install
sponsor program or not. Select “I refuse to give my
support, don’t install the sponsor“.
2. Download
StuffPlug and install.
3. Launch Windows Live Messenger and sign in.
4. Try clicking the email icon and see if your Hotmail inbox
will be launched in Firefox. If not, then click StuffPlug
3 from menu and select Options. Go to
General tab and make sure the option “Open
all URLs in default browser” is checked.
OK now you are done, you can open your email links in your
default browser, may it be opera or firefox….