How do you make Firefox the default browser when the normal way doesnt work?
Im trying completely from chrome after a friend showed my how much firefox has got its act together. However i cant for the life of me set it as the default browser. I have tried the "make firefox the default browser" button in firefox, which simply opens the windows default programs panel. Whenever i try to use the panel it simply sets the http protocol to nightly which isnt even installed!( http://puu.sh/2vJHM ) I think a possible fix would be to manually change the registry, but i wouldnt know where to start.
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I thank you for your help but i have managed to fix it by myself. The registry key for firefox's url and html associations were corrupted so i browsed to them in regedit (at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxURL) and deleted them entirely, then remade them by clicking the make firefox default button in options.
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If this method has not worked for you - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-make-web-links-open-firefox-default
try this method - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/setting-firefox-default-browser-does-not-work?esab=a&s=default+browser#w_using-your-operating-system
Other - Check your Plugins and update as needed.
- Check your Plugins - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
- Next Generation Java Plug-in 10.9.2 for Mozilla browsers (seriously out of date)
Sadly i had already tried the first two solution which neither worked, updating all my plugins hasn't seemed to work either. This is such a stupid bug.
Did you check the box on Options > Advanced > General >[X] "Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup"?
Have you restarted Firefox and if so, or when you do so, what does that section on the advanced Firefox options show?
Have you tried restarting your system after setting the default browser using the second suggestion and, after restart, check the setting per the second suggestion to see if that setting is holding?
Updating your Plugins would have no affect on the default browser question. It was something that you needed to do to avoid security issues online by using an out of date version of Java. Java is not involved in the default browser issue. That is why I separated it from the first part of the reply with a line and began with the word "Other".
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I thank you for your help but i have managed to fix it by myself. The registry key for firefox's url and html associations were corrupted so i browsed to them in regedit (at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxURL) and deleted them entirely, then remade them by clicking the make firefox default button in options.
