12

I am running Wine 1.6.2 for use with Evernote. Some of my notes have links in them and by default they are launched using the Wine version of IE. I'd rather use my native browser(s) Firefox or Chrome. How does one change it so that links are opened instead by my local browsers?

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
7
  1. wine regedit
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Wine
  • Create WineBrowser key if it doesn't exist
  • Create Browser string if it doesn't exist under WineBrowser
  • Edit Browser string to read the following
    • xdg-open,firefox,konqueror,mozilla,netscape,galeon,opera,dillo
  • Save in regedit
  1. wine regedit
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT -> http -> shell -> open
  • Create/Edit command key to read the following
    • C:\windows\system32\winebrowser.exe -nohome "%1"
  • Save in regedit
  1. Completely close out of Wine and reload Wine.

Summary

Here, we are setting xdg-open to be the first Browser, and then changing the behaviour of command by adding "%1" as an argument. Be sure to perform step #2 for both http and https to support both protocols, as mentioned in comments below.

Improve this answer
3
  • 2
    Note to others, this works for http but the change in step two needs to be repeated for https
    – Steven Green
    May 31, 2018 at 19:52
  • Do you create the Browser key inside the Wine key or the WineBrowser key?
    – Philippe
    Nov 17, 2018 at 14:52
  • 1
    The Browser "key" is not a key but a "string".
    – wolfmanx
    Oct 21, 2020 at 23:58

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .