SLURL Viewer Change [Manual Guide]

[3DOpifex]

Instructions on how to change the viewer used to load slurls [Windows 7 64bit Tested]

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1. Open regedit

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2. Go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\secondlife\DefaultIcon

modify the "Value data" for the "Value Name" "(Default)" according to your viewer.

ex:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Nirans Viewer\Nirans Viewer.exe"
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3. Go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\secondlife\shell\open\command

modify the "Value data" for the "Value Name" "(Default)" according to your viewer.

ex:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Nirans Viewer\Nirans Viewer.exe" --channel "NiransViewer" --settings settings_NiransViewer.xml -url "%1"
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*Note* These examples only work for Nirans viewer, change it according to the name of your desired viewer, may take a couple times to get it right.

 

Please feel free to post the Value data for other viewers, and I will be glad to update the thread with all viewers we figure out the Value data for.

[Nalates Urriah]

If you don't know, this change is about changing which program responds when you click a SLURL in a web page. If you install a Linden Lan viewer it will take over that type of URL/SLURL.

Messing with the registry is dangerous for those that do not know what they are doing. So, make a backup of the registry or make a system Restore Point.

There is a longer article on making the change that I wrote years ago, which still works: Emerald Viewer vs SLURL

But, there is an even easier way. Install your favorite viewer last and then avoid installing Linden manual viewer updates. There is no option in the Linden manual install to NOT change the handler for SLURL's. So, if you make this change you will probably want to stay with automatic updates. (Some of them may change the handler.)

Also, Internet Browsers have ways of setting which protocol handler to user for secondlife:. Anyone can Google for that info. So, different browsers installed on a system can call different viewers.

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To understand what is happening, visit the web side of the SL Destination Guide. Pick a place and it will take you to the SL Maps web page. When you see the Visit This Location button copy the URL and paste it into a word processor where you can examine it. It will look like: secondlife://LEA20/122/119/3501

In a URL the secondlife: part defines the communication protocol the browser or other program is to use. You can tell Windows, or any system, how to handle that protocol, which is what this post is about.