Hello everybody.

I've installed a fresh install of Windows XP SP3 anew, and installed Firefox 3 and the K-lite standard codec pack too. I've found out the K-lite codec pack to cause a problem with Firefox... Well, I don't know if the issue is to be fixed by the Firefox, or by the K-lite development team.

The issue is when I click on an URL link coming locally, e.g. from my desktop, Firefox says: "Windows cannot find "<URL or path to file>". Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." then open up the correct URL like nothing happened.

Ways to fix the issue, are to update Firefox 3 from any version to any version, or else to go to the add and remove programs, set programs access and defaults, and modify something there, like the default browser (e.g. put it to Firefox 3).

The issue happens only when both Firefox 3 and the K-lite codec pack are installed.

edit: here is the exact same topic posted on the Firefox forums, for reference.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=802075

This is not the K-Lite forum. You can find that one here:
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I think you can get better help there.

This makes no sense whatsoever! What on earth does a Codec Pack have to do with a Browser's finding or not finding a URL? It might have something to do with the fact that an embedded video on your site may not play, but finding a URL? The videos on my Site are in FLV Format, and of course, users have to have Flash installed, as they do with SWF's. And if you are using MPG's, they need Quicktime.

It must be a fault with FF. I use Opera. and it works whether I have it and Flash alone on my machine, or K-Lite, and a million other apps. Maybe that's your best bet. If FF is going the way of that useless IE, switch to Opera!

One way to know is by trying.

What else can we do but try, since the whole post-big-bang she-bang makes no sense whatsoever either!

I can't say I'm getting what you're trying to tell me.