why can't open the file with browser?

[DaveA]

> import webbrowser
> webbrowser.open('f:\\test.html')
 
> why the file f:\\test.html is opened by notepad 
> ,not by my firefox or chrome?
The default protocol in a browser is http. If you're not running a server on your local machine,  you need to specify a different protocol.  Try


file:///f:/test.html

I also don't run Windows any more so I might have the drive letter part wrong.

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DaveA

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From: luofeiyu <elearn2014 at gmail.com> 
Date:09/24/2014  5:32 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
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Subject: why can't open the file with browser? 


import webbrowser
webbrowser.open('f:\\test.html')

why the file f:\\test.html is opened by notepad ,not by my firefox or chrome?


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