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Message 11841 - Posted: 28 Jul 2007, 19:05:13 UTC

Whenever I click on one of the "Web sites" buttons on the left side of the BOINC Manager (5.10.7), I receive a Windows (XP) informational pop up with this message:
[i]BOINC Manager tried to display the web page
           http://einstein.phys.umn.edu/faq.php
but couldn't find a web browser. 
To fix this, set the environment variable
BROWSER to the path of your web browser,
then restart the BOINC Manager.[/i]


It has been quite some time since the last time I've utilized any of the website buttons in BOINC and there has been at least a couple of Firefox updates too (using FF 2.0.0.5 currently). So I'm not sure when this issue arose.

Can someone clue me into how to "set the environment variable BROWSER"?
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Message 11880 - Posted: 30 Jul 2007, 11:28:52 UTC

Nevermind on this issue. I updated to the newest version (5.10.13) and no longer have a problem.
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Message 11886 - Posted: 30 Jul 2007, 14:52:26 UTC

Oh good.

I know what an environment variable is and I'm vaguely familiar on how to set them in Windows. But I'm not familiar enough with it to give concrete directions.
Kathryn :o)
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