Better detecting of the default Windows browser, with fallback to Internet Explorer. (#2502)

NEWS.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Version 0.9.0alpha5 - 2007-03-XX
    * Fixed fileId generator (caused problems with drag&drop
      if files with multiple formats are used).
    * Original Metadata not greyed out when no tracks are attached. (#2461)
+   * Better detecting of the default Windows browser, with fallback to
+     Internet Explorer. (#2502)
 
 Version 0.9.0alpha4 - 2007-03-09
  * Bug Fixes:

picard/util/webbrowser2.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ enough, in my opinion. See also:
 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1681228&group_id=5470&atid=105470
 """
 
+
 # KDE default browser
 if 'KDE_FULL_SESSION' in os.environ and os.environ['KDE_FULL_SESSION'] == 'true' and webbrowser._iscommand('kfmclient'):
     webbrowser.register('kfmclient', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser("kfmclient exec '%s' &"))
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ if 'KDE_FULL_SESSION' in os.environ and os.environ['KDE_FULL_SESSION'] == 'true'
     else:
         webbrowser._tryorder.insert(0, 'kfmclient')
 
+
 # GNOME default browser
 if 'GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID' in os.environ and webbrowser._iscommand('gnome-open'):
     webbrowser.register('gnome-open', None, webbrowser.GenericBrowser("gnome-open '%s' &"))
@@ -43,8 +45,27 @@ if 'GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID' in os.environ and webbrowser._iscommand('gnome-ope
     else:
         webbrowser._tryorder.insert(0, 'gnome-open')
 
+
 if 'windows-default' in webbrowser._tryorder:
+    class WindowsDefault2(webbrowser.BaseBrowser):
+        def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=1):
+            try:
+                os.startfile(url)
+            except WindowsError:
+                # [Error 22] No application is associated with the specified
+                # file for this operation: '<URL>'
+                return False
+            else:
+                return True
+
     webbrowser._tryorder.remove('windows-default')
-    webbrowser._tryorder.insert(0, 'windows-default')
+    webbrowser.register('windows-default-2', WindowsDefault2,
+                        update_tryorder=-1)
+
+    iexplore = webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser(
+        os.path.join(os.environ.get('PROGRAMFILES', 'C:\\Program Files'),
+                     'Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE'))
+    webbrowser.register('iexplore', None, iexplore)
+
 
 open = webbrowser.open