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Upon further experimentation, I realize that I can only open in Firefox because I have it set as my default browser. It would otherwise be inaccessible because it is not in the _browser registry. It also appears that I cannot intentionally use Internet Explorer because it also in not registered (except under the full path names used as a backup).
>>> webbrowser._browsers
{'windows-default': [<class 'webbrowser.WindowsDefault'>, None], 'c:\\program files\\internet explorer\\iexplore.exe': [None, <webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser object at 0x01000ED0>]}
If I understand the Windows code quoted before, the Class Names in the table would be different (BackgroundBrowser) on Windows if it did work.
Related issues
#8232 webbrowser.open incomplete on Windows
#8936 webbrowser regression on windows
#12237 Document how to open non-default webbrowser |
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2011-06-04 00:13:33 | terry.reedy | set | recipients:
+ terry.reedy, georg.brandl, orsenthil, eric.araujo |
2011-06-04 00:13:33 | terry.reedy | set | messageid: <1307146413.9.0.840319332017.issue10799@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2011-06-04 00:13:33 | terry.reedy | link | issue10799 messages |
2011-06-04 00:13:32 | terry.reedy | create | |
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