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Re: Firefox 90 won't handle FTP sites anymore

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 10:18:12, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote 
(my responses usually follow points raised):
>J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>
>> Andy Burns wrote
>>> I expect you'll still just click, and firefox will launch whatever 
>>>you  have set as your handler for ftp:// URLs ...
>>  Passing the necessary parameters (URL)? I suspect not all such 
>>softwares  take a parameter, or some might take it in different ways ...
>
>You can already override the FTP handler within Windows per protocol 
>(http, ftp, etc) e.g.
>
><http://andyburns.uk/misc/ftp-protocol-handler.png>
>
>At the moment that works if I create a shortcut to an FTP URL, and 
>launch it from windows explorer, within firefox it still knows about 
>FTP links internally, so it doesn't lauch an external handler, but once 
>we get to FFv90 and it gives up FTP handling, I'd expect it to launch 
>the O/S specified handler.
>
>AFAIK you can do this in win7 or later (I have written software that 
>adds its own protocols and associated handlers) IIRC you're an XP user, 
>might not work for you ...

Let's say the desired file is ftp.xyz.org/file.

Let's say I have six different FTP softwares, and the commands to call 
them are:

ftpproga -ftp.xyz.org/file
ftpprogb /ftp.xyz.org/file
ftpprogc ftp.xyz.org/file
ftpprogd --ftp.xyz.org/file
ftpproge /URL=ftp.xyz.org/file
ftpprogf file=file URL=ftp.xyz.org

Will Fx90 and the OS between them pass the parameter(s) correctly, for 
whichever one has been associated?
-- 
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