Following a report at Einstein by user 'Nothing But Idle Time', I checked this out on a host running 32-bit Vista, IE8 and BOINC v5.10.13

Sure enough, none of the project url buttons in the v5.10.13 Manager would open IE8 and go direct to the required page. Neither would BOINC's own links in the help menu. Hoever, if IE8 is already open, the links do actually work.

I have tested a variety of BOINC v6 Managers on the same host (still running CC v5.10.13), and they all opened IE8 and the requested page with no problem - I tested v6.2.19, v6.4.5, and a variety of v6.6.xx including .20 and .28

So it's a historical curiosity rather than a bug anyone will ever fix, but it might come up as an issue on other project message boards.

You may want to look at [trac]#375[/trac], as it may be another wxWidgets problem. That was fixed a long while ago though and if it works in BOINC 6, the user should just upgrade.

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You know us old luddites, we stick with v5.10.13 where we're comfortable.

But it is nice to drive it from a later v6 Manager, what with multi-select and all.

or if you're handy, you compile your own 5.10.13 with the new wxWidgets.

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No, it's much easier just to unpack a precompiled one and hook it up.

That way, I get to test whether the setup /a bug I described in ticket [trac]#847[/trac] is still present in v6.6.28: it is.

You may want to look at [trac]#375[/trac], as it may be another wxWidgets problem. That was fixed a long while ago though and if it works in BOINC 6, the user should just upgrade.

Prior thread

I mentioned this nearly 2 months ago and you asked me about default browser installations and what not, then I heard nothing. IE7 worked fine. Install IE8, broken. Uninstall IE8, reverting to 7, fixed. I'm glad Richard had time and the inclination to experiment, which is what I had hoped someone would do with my report. Whether or not someone did, I don't know. I did not know what the problem was for sure, but I knew - and Richard's tests confirm (unless he did change the default setting every time) - it was not a default browser problem.

I uninstalled IE8 because I didn't like the browser, but perhaps, as Richard has mentioned as well, someone should make a more permanent note of this and/or even spread the word around the Project Devs mailing list so that perhaps users will not spend time spinning their wheels...?