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I get a "locate link browser" message after updating Avast

Surveyor102
Surveyor102

Firefox is my browser of choice. I recently updated my Avast! antivirus. In the process, it automatically installed Google Chrome. I promptly uninstalled Chrome. Since then, from Outlook 2003, clicking on a link results in a "locate link browser" message and Firefox does not open. In Windows XP, I have gone into folder options, file types and there is no URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol. Neither can I add it because it is not in the drop-down list. I run regedit to try to delete four files called for in various help sites, but none of them are there. What can I do now without setting Internet Explorer as my default browser?

Firefox is my browser of choice. I recently updated my Avast! antivirus. In the process, it automatically installed Google Chrome. I promptly uninstalled Chrome. Since then, from Outlook 2003, clicking on a link results in a "locate link browser" message and Firefox does not open. In Windows XP, I have gone into folder options, file types and there is no URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol. Neither can I add it because it is not in the drop-down list. I run regedit to try to delete four files called for in various help sites, but none of them are there. What can I do now without setting Internet Explorer as my default browser?

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Try to undo and redo Firefox as the default browser.

Make another browser like IE the default browser and then let Firefox do it again.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Try to undo and redo Firefox as the default browser.

Make another browser like IE the default browser and then let Firefox do it again.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Some users have had to go through the exercise of reinstalling Chrome before they can get Windows to switch this setting successfully. I really don't understand how Chrome changes these settings in a way that normal Windows solutions don't work.

Surveyor102
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I did this, but I also downloaded the latest version of Firefox, and now everything works fine.