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How to force FireFox to use a default application

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Hello,

I have two versions of a software that can open files with the same extensions.

The problem is that when I go to forums and click on links to open example files, Firefox always uses my 'older' version of the installed program.

I'm trying to get it to use, by default, the more recent one.

In windows, through control panel I've chosen the default application version to use on the desired file extensions.

So by default Windows 'respects' this default, but FireFox doesn't. Is there something I can do to change what FireFox uses?

Hello, I have two versions of a software that can open files with the same extensions. The problem is that when I go to forums and click on links to open example files, Firefox always uses my 'older' version of the installed program. I'm trying to get it to use, by default, the more recent one. In windows, through control panel I've chosen the default application version to use on the desired file extensions. So by default Windows 'respects' this default, but FireFox doesn't. Is there something I can do to change what FireFox uses?

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Babaj said

Firefox always uses my 'older' version of the installed program.

Are you saying that you have more than one version of a program? What program/files are you talking about?

Having more than one version of a program may cause issues. You must remove the older programs. Then get the current full installer.

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Do both versions show up on the Options page, Applications list?

You can check that here:

  • Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options
  • Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences
  • Linux: "3-bar" menu button (or Edit menu) > Preferences
  • Any system: type or paste about:preferences into the address bar and press Enter/Return to load it

Scroll down to the Applications section, which has a list of content types and handlers. For the content type, for example, PDF, when you click the control in the right column to choose the handler Firefox will use, can you find both versions listed?

Sometimes sites do not send the best Content-Type for a particular file. For example, instead of indicating application/pdf they'll indicate application/octet-stream or something else. In that case, Firefox doesn't use the rule for PDFs; you might find a separate category, or you might need to choose each time.

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FredMcD said

Babaj said
Firefox always uses my 'older' version of the installed program.

Are you saying that you have more than one version of a program? What program/files are you talking about?

Having more than one version of a program may cause issues. You must remove the older programs. Then get the current full installer.

Hi, yes more than one version of a program, which is Houdini - that uses it's own native formats; *.hip, *.hiplc, *.hipnc

So what your saying is FireFox doesn't have the same capacity( as windows ) to choose which version of an application?

Only using one is not an option for me. Thanks for your reply though.

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jscher2000 said

Do both versions show up on the Options page, Applications list? You can check that here:
  • Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options
  • Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences
  • Linux: "3-bar" menu button (or Edit menu) > Preferences
  • Any system: type or paste about:preferences into the address bar and press Enter/Return to load it
Scroll down to the Applications section, which has a list of content types and handlers. For the content type, for example, PDF, when you click the control in the right column to choose the handler Firefox will use, can you find both versions listed? Sometimes sites do not send the best Content-Type for a particular file. For example, instead of indicating application/pdf they'll indicate application/octet-stream or something else. In that case, Firefox doesn't use the rule for PDFs; you might find a separate category, or you might need to choose each time.

Neither application shows up on Applications list. In fact there is only a few programs that show up on that list. And none of those applications are ones I installed/use. There's only ever 8 of them : irc, ircs, mailto, Podcast, PDF, Video Podcast, webfeed and webcal.

And yeah, that's what I am doing at the moment - choosing each time. Just thought there might be an option to set which one, so I don't have to go through a search. Thanks for the feedback.

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Okay, the server may not be specifically identifying an application-specific content type to Firefox, which leads to the "you choose every time" behavior.

Any idea what the official Content-Type for Houdini files (*.hip, *.hiplc, *.hipnc) should be? For example:

  • application/houdini
  • application/x-houdini
  • something else?

I'm having trouble finding it online. This information might be recorded in the Windows registry, but I'm not sure how to view/extract it in Windows 8.1. If we can figure that out, Firefox will have the best chance of connecting the downloads with your Windows settings.

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Maybe Windows 8.1 has the RegEdit program (regedit.exe). If you have that, you can expand the first category (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT) and look for each of those file extensions and then when you select it, check the Content Type on the right side. For example, with .doc, this is what I see on Windows 7:

Of course, don't make any changes in there, this is just for research!

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You can also check the handlers.json file in the profile folder. Use SystemDefault would be {"action":4} (useSystemDefault = 4)

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

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Babaj said

more than one version of a program, which is Houdini

So what your saying is FireFox doesn't have the same capacity( as windows ) to choose which version of an application?

Firefox is not set up for using/choosing multiple program choices like that.

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Hi Babaj, is this still an issue for you? It's taken me a while but I finally updated my Content-Type Fixer extension to let you create your own content-type settings. Now I don't have to wait for you to look them up and tell me what they are. ;-)

Here's how it works:

(1) Install the extension from here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/content-type-fixer/

(2) When you are ready to download *.hip, *.hiplc, *.hipnc file, click the toolbar button (hammer with Zzzz) to start the extension listening

(3) Try downloading the various file types. You can cancel instead of opening or saving if the site will let you try the link again. The extension will log the responses.

(4) Click the Content-Type Fixer toolbar button and choose Add/Edit Content Types from the drop-down menu.

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That should open a new tab with a log showing the different attempted downloads.

(5) Click the Add button for a file extension you want associated with a unique Content-Type. You can either just use the fictitious one or if you found out the real one, enter that. Repeat for the other extensions.

(6) After adding your changes, try the downloads again and check the box to always do the same in the future. Firefox should now actually save your preference.

Any luck?