Open a URL in Firefox via PowerShell?

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bernd_k picture bernd_k · Apr 25, 2011 · Viewed 17.4k times · Source

I want the url to be opened in Firefox by Powershell script

To make things a bit difficult, Firefox is not the default browser and it is a portable Firefox version.

Edit:

There seems to be some problem with my portable firefox installation. Even when making it the default browser, it doesn't work properly when invoked by start url.

I rechecked it with a fresh install of portable Firefox 4.0 from here and ittlefoot's solution works fine.

Answer

Max Vu picture Max Vu · Apr 25, 2011

Using the website as the first argument should work.

X:\path-to-firefox\firefox.exe "http://website-to-launch.com/yadda"

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