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I don't want Firefox to display XML files internally, I want it to open Notepad++ instead.

I have had a look a the Tools\Options\Applications menu but there is no 'XML' content type.

I am using FF 3.6.2

Obviously this only applies to XML files that I click on in the browser, XML files opened from the file system do open in Notepad++.

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You must configure XML file types download action to achieve what you want.

More info here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions

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Thanks for the link. I have now added text/xml and application/xml mime types to the mimeTypes.rdf file in my profile. The xml type now shows up in the Tools\Options\Applications and I've set the handler to Notepad++ but when I click on an XML link it still opens in the default xml viewer. Is the default viewer overriding this setting or am I missing something? Thanks – ChrisB May 11 '11 at 14:24
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