Firefox is opened with Internet Explorer homepage when the user launches directly Internet Explorer

[FrenchHope]

When one click on Internet Explorer shortcut (no url as a parameter) Firefox is opened with internet explorer homepage passed as a parameter to Firefox. There should be en option to let the user launch Internet Explorer when no url is passed as a parameter to it.

[mkaply]

Did not mean to close this :)

[FrenchHope]

That may seem counterintuitive but that would allow a future for Firefox in my company. Microsoft is adding Internet Explorer engine to their Chromium Edge which will satisfy most users (they usually dont care about ethics or personal data). Clicking on Internet Explorer (with a custom homepage) shortcut redirecting to Firefox is the kind of behavior that will prevent me to deploy the plugin since managers will consider it too restrictive.

[mkaply]

The design of the add-on (for Chrome and Firefox) is to specifically not use IE. So when you open IE, because it is navigating to a page that is supposed to be displayed in Firefox, it opens Firefox.

[FrenchHope]

It is possible to force either firefox/chrome (with a "!" prefixing the URL) or Internet Explorer or allow both browsers with "." (all URLs except those specified) in the dedicated GPO parameter, but when one click on Internet Explorer shortcut it don't work even if the URL of the homepage (not in the URLs to open with one or another browser) should logically be comprised in the "."

I understand the design of the add-on but I find it a little paradoxical

[Dimas-sc]

I'm interested in this option too. I'd like to redirect and force some pages from Firefox to IE but not doing IE unusable, please consider add this option (like IEView addon did)

[mkaply]

I've thought about this more and I'm wondering, in your scenarios, do you want the user to come back from automatically at all?

What about disabling the IE plugin and then Firefox can send users to IE, but they have to manually switch back?

[Dimas-sc]

I've thought about this more and I'm wondering, in your scenarios, do you want the user to come back from automatically at all?

What about disabling the IE plugin and then Firefox can send users to IE, but they have to manually switch back?

In my case...

Best option: possibility to redirect Firefox to IE and IE to Firefox automatically but controlling which pages triggers the redirect in both sides.

Acceptable option: possibility to redirect Firefox to IE automatically and manual switch back to Firefox.
Is it possible to disable the IE plugin silently and automatically to all the users?

[mkaply]

Best option: possibility to redirect Firefox to IE and IE to Firefox automatically but controlling which pages triggers the redirect in both sides.

That's the way it should work today (Although there are some issues I'm looking at)

Is it possible to disable the IE plugin silently and automatically to all the users?

I don't know if Windows supports. I'm thinking about making separate install packages for just the messaging component.