Open Internet Explorer web page

[Peter Kinross]

My default browser is FireFox, but there are some sites that only work well with IE. (may their urls fall off and their home pages be consumed by emus!)
I am trying to insert a hyperkink in Word 2003 to go to the web page using IE.
The link I type in is:
C:\ProgramFiles\InternetExplorer\iexplore.exe /https://www.website.com.au/someaddressstuffhere/Home.do
But Word tells me that it "Can't open the specified file."
What am I doing wrong?

[HansV]

I don't think you can do this with a hyperlink. You could use a macro button instead that runs a macro like this:

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Sub OpenSiteInIE()
  Dim strURL As String
  strURL = "https://www.website.com.au/someaddressstuffhere/Home.do"
  Shell """C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"" " & _
    strURL, vbMaximizedFocus
End Sub

The extra quotes around the path to internet explorer are needed because the path contains spaces.

[Peter Kinross]

Thanks Hans.
I think I'll use a shortcut in the Start Menu instead.

[HansV]

That is indeed easier. (I thought you had a specific reason for wanting it in Word)

[Leif]

My default browser is FireFox, but there are some sites that only work well with IE.

Have you tried the IE View add-on for Firefox? It forces selected sites to open in IE.

[Peter Kinross]

Leif wrote:

Have you tried the IE View add-on for Firefox? It forces selected sites to open in IE.

Yep, sure have. Doesn't work with this site though. Well actually it does work, but not 100%. And as it's a bank site it needs to work 100%
Hans wrote:

That is indeed easier. (I thought you had a specific reason for wanting it in Word)

.
This Word doc is where I keep all my references and other important web passwords etc. As I have well over 100 passwords it is convenient to have them all in one place. I do use RoboForm, but there are some web sites that it doesn't work on. Plus RoboForm only works on the web, it's no good elsewhere. Thus the Word doc is where I start to go to quite a lot of web pages. It would have been handy having that hyperlink pull up IE. However, I will probably end up using that VBA code you provided.

Thanks all.

[stuck]

This Word doc is where I keep all my references and other important web passwords etc. As I have well over 100 passwords it is convenient to have them all in one place...... Thus the Word doc is where I start to go to quite a lot of web pages.

Have a look at Password Safe. With it you can securely store your passwords together with other things like associated URLs & email addresses.

Ken

[Peter Kinross]

Thanks for that Stuck.
Word is OK for what I want -- everything there on one doc. Everything that is except hyperlinks to open IE.

[stuck]

At the risk of repeating myself, consider Password Safe, everything in one place AND hyperlinks that will open in your default browser at the click of a button.

Ken

[HansV]

Er... Peter wants some of his hyperlinks NOT to open in his default browser Firefox, but in Internet Explorer, since they require IE to work correctly.

[stuck]

oops, sorry