I do NOT want to put Palemoon on a portable Flash Drive that is moved between computers.
I love the idea of Portable applications that can be held permanently on a HDD non-system partition,
and which will survive the inevitable "Windows Whoopsies" that destroy everything in C:\ after an unfortunate Windows Security Patch update
Since you issued version 8 I have been happily using Palemoon-Portable on non-system partition E:\
Windows continued to consider my installed (and untrustworthy) Firefox as my "Default Browser", but I never gave it a thought.
I chose to avoid installing Palemoon for the benefits of :-
1) a browser that retained my latest settings and did not lose my adjustments when the inevitable "Windows Whoopsies" required me to restore a partition C:\ image backup from a happier past ; and
2) avoiding the massive increase in the size of daily incremental partition C:\ image backups when browser caches and 47 MB urlclassifier3.sqlite are UPDATED, and downloads reside on C:\.
3) Additionally now I have an SSD, I have Windows 7 tweaked to reduce much of the spurious writing that destroys the life of an SSD,
and I do not want any browser to double the destruction rate of an expensive SSD by every *.sqlite and cache update.
N.B. Initially Windows 7 partition C:\ image backup from the HDD was perfectly restored to the SSD and it booted up well,
but for reasons not yet identified some capability of Windows Explorer was crippled,
so a full and fresh installation of Windows 7 was created with a Windows 7 Installation Disc,
and I simply mounted the old HDD image of C:\ to copy across their original desktop links.
I greatly enjoyed the fact that after the new SSD held a new installation of Windows,
all my portable applications on both D:\ and E:\ were fully functional, including Palemoon.
Firefox "Went the way of the DoDo" six weeks ago and is no more.
Two days ago I clicked on a URL desktop link to access the admin control GUI of my NetGear Router,
and Windows tells me it is "Unable to open ..." and "
http does not have a registered program".
Now I miss my "Default Browser".
After 2 days contemplating and 2 hours serious research,
and being disappointed that "Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Checknow" would offer to "... make it your default browser" but never performed its promise.
I now have a new and different sort of link that launches Palemoon-Portable and connects to the Router.
In a few weeks I may find stumble across another "thing" that only works with a "default browser".
Then I would like Palemoon to be my "Default Browser".
Do I have to tweak the registry,
or ( is there ) / ( will there be ) some alternative to "installing" Palemoon,
and if I have to instal how can I instal on E:\ and minimize its use of C:\ ?
N.B Under Windows 7 Start I find :-
"Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs\Set Associations"
.hta,
.htm,
.html
but there is no "
.http"
I also looked at
"Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs\Set Program Access and Computer Defaults"
It looked possible, but when I click help I see
"To appear in Set Program Access and Computer Defaults, programs must be registered in the Windows registry."
So far as I am concerned Windows Registry is the source of all that is evil and pain in Windows.
I would appreciate any advice or hints.
This is not currently an urgent need, but the next 6 weeks could change that
Regards
Alan