I am developing an app which opens links, I started with always showing the 'Open As' dialog, but now adding the ability to specify a default in the program.
I pulled a list of browsers from the registry, but the noticed some strange behavior with IE.
If you Process.Start a URL with IE (eg. Start > Run > www.superuser.com) it will open in an existing IE window. (I have my Tabbed Browsing Settings set to Open links from other programs in: a new tab in the current window).
If you Process.Start IE with a URL (eg. Start > Run > iexplore.exe "www.superuser.com") a new instance of IE will open with the URL.
As every other browser had the same behavior, I suspected it may be explained in the registry I checked my HKEY_CLASSES but couldn't find anything to explain the behavior.
I've looked at a few other posts and even the IE documentation.
Have I missed anything in trying to open IE links in an existing browser without having to override the default program?
