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Questions tagged [protocol-handler]

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How can I disable "add application for mailto links" bar in Firefox?

Every time I log on to my webmail I see a bar like on image below. I don't want to add this as an application and it is pretty annoying to close this every time. How can I disable it permanently? The bar says this: EDIT: I tried to use Firebug to…
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How to choose which application Chrome uses for deep links (e.g. when zoom:823948290348 is typed into Chrome's URI bar)?

When I type zoom:meeting_id=823948290348 into Chrome's url bar, Chrome opens a popup saying "A website wants to open the Zoom application". I then click on the button saying "Open Zoom". My question is though, I have multiple applications on my…
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Stop chrome from prompting when running external URL handler?

I've configured an external handler for telnet:// links following these instructions. It works great, but every time I click on a click chrome asks me: Open xdg-open? http:// wants to open this application I would like telnet…
larsks
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Is there a way to set Google Voice as default tel protocol handler?

I would like to be able to click tel links in my web browser (Firefox 70.0.1) and have it launch voice.google.com, with the phone number populated in the dialer so that I can then dial the number via my phone (which also has Google Voice). Is this…
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Chrome prompting for custom protocol handlers every time after update

We use a custom protocol handler here where I work that just acts as a file path proxy essentially so that our sales users can click a link in our admin website and have it open the explorer window to the correct folder. So this was something that…
Brian Leishman
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Can't change tel protocol handler in Windows 10

How do I run a custom command for tel: links in Windows 10? I'm trying to open phone numbers formatted as links with dialer.exe. I was able to do this successfully with callto: links by adding the path for dialer.exe to…
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Change protocol handler to desktop app (like mapping URL:IRC to mIRC)

I'm trying to change the IRC protocol handler. Must I use a Store app as the below illustration somewhat suggests? The image shows that Windows is expecting the default program to be an app from the Store. Interestingly, the current setting is…
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Disable "Always allow ____ to open links of this type in app" checkbox in Chrome

There are several posts about people wanting to do the opposite of what I'm trying to do (like this one Disable Chrome to ask for confirmation to open external application everytime) but I accidently chose the checkbox to always allow a program I…
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Calculator protocol specification

In the Windows settings (default apps by protocol), I saw that the calculator app has registered itself for the calculator protocol: That means I can use Win+R and type calculator:// to open the calculator. Is there anything else I could to with…
Thomas Weller
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Add handler to make a call from Google Voice?

Is it possible to add Google Voice to the phone call handlers shown inside Chrome when visiting Google Maps, similar to Skype?
orschiro
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Prevent Brave Browser from asking for confirmation to open external application every time

Need to disable Brave Browser to ask for confirmation to open external application every time. Every time I click a phone number, in my use case for example, I get this popup again. The solution used to be to edit registry, as this was previously…
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How to register FileZilla for ftp in Windows 10?

On Windows 10 when I click on an ftp link in an email it asks "How do you want to open this?" and gives a list of choices: Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, WinSCP and 'look for app in store'. I have FileZilla installed but it's not offered as a…
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Open ftp protocol in WinSCP from chrome

On a day to day basis I need to access various FTP servers. I have a ftp:// protocol link for each of them in our webinterface. Everytime I click them, Chrome opens them in a new tab in its built-in "FTP client" instead of WinSCP (the FTP client…
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Parsing protocol parameter (URL) in batch file?

I'm trying to use a .bat file as a protocol handler. The protocol URL for example is testapp://close and I set the protocol to launch "C:\test.bat" "%1" in the registry. The test.bat file @echo off echo %1 pause exit 0 Essentially what I want to do…
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Using clickable mid: links in documents

I am trying to use clickable mid: links to email messages in other applications, eg word processors. Clicking on such a link in a text file would prompt my Thunderbird (on Windows) to open the associated message. Is that possible?…
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