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If you're using Windows and FireFox is your default browser ... Mark Gilmore Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:12:09 -0400

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Problem:
         If FireFox is the default browser, starting ECS occasionally 
results in the Windows error message:
                 "Windows cannot find 'http://127.0.0.1/init.htm".
Cause:
         When ECS starts, it tells Windows to display 
"http://127.0.0.1/init.htm" (which uses the default browser to do so).
         But if FireFox is not running **and had crashed or was 
aborted previously** (via the Task Manager or a PC reboot),
         then it displays a prompt asking if you wish to restore the 
previous session.
         And as FireFox is halted waiting for a response, it does not 
respond to Windows request to display "init.htm".
         So Windows then displays the misleading message that it 
"cannot find 'http://127.0.0.1/init.htm".
Solution:
         Respond to the FireFox prompt as desired.
         Either:
                 Display "http://127.0.0.1/login"
         Or
                 Abort ECS via the Task Manager and restart ECS

Mark Gilmore
http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com

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