Firefox is (and isn't) my default browser

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• I use outlook e-mail, 11 Firefox and Windows 7 family but email links do not open Firefox, even if it is my default browser, fix?

  My email links fail to open Firefox 11. They have used for the last week, but IE updated and now links in my outlook emails do not open Firefox 11 even if it is my default browser. When I change IE default links open IE.

  Your assumptions about my browser, operating system, and others are correct.

  VERY FRUSTRATING. HELP, please

  Vivek.Wilfred solution worked for me (after a reboot). Thank you!

• Why Firefox tell me this isn't the default browser?

  When I run Firefox, or when I go to the options system and check, 8 Firefox tells me that this is not the default browser. However, if I close and go to some programs such as Excel and type a URL, then click, Firefox open. No idea what is the problem?

  This means that not all the settings of Firefox as default browser are defined and that some are missing

  See:

  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/how+to+make+Firefox+the+default+browser
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Default_browser

• I just installed Firefox. How to make my default browser

  Can not find a way to make my Firefox browser

  It works in an unusual way on Android. Please try the steps outlined in this article: Making of Firefox the default Android browser.

  It is sometimes difficult to identify your current default browser. On some devices, it may be under Internet or Web or another generic-sounding name.

  Please let us know if you were able to find it, and if it was not obvious, feel free to post the details for others with the same device.

• Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 Pro. Can I record and migrate my settings and my default browser from Firefox on Windows 7?

  I'm planning to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7 Pro. Is it possible to migrate my info/settings to the new operating system, when I download Firefox and make it my default browser?

  Type of topic: support in the address bar and press to enter.

  Under the logo of the page on the left side, you will see Basics Application. Under this find Profile Folder. To his right, press the button view file. This will open your file for the current profile of Firefox browser. Now close Firefox.

  It is your current profile. Copy the folder is in a folder on a USB key. Then copy the file to the new system.

• How can I make Firefox the default browser in a non-administrative account in Windows XP, where clicking to do has no effect?

  I have two accounts for myself on my PC under Windows XP. In the administrative account, Firefox is already the default browser that appears when I double-click an HTML file, etc. Firefox knows that it is the default browser.

  In my other account, whenever I start Firefox, it tells me that this isn't the default browser. By clicking here to make the value by default, or in the options, does nothing.

  When I go to Set Program Access and defaults in the administrative account, 'use my current browser' is selected. Mozilla Firefox is not listed as an option. In my nonadministrator account, the Control Panel Add / Remove programs can be used. He says I don't have permission.

  To check in the other account, you would have to temporarily give him administrator permissions.

  See:

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/how+to+make+Firefox+the+default+browser
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/setting+Firefox+as+the+default+browser+does+not+work
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Default_browser

• Cancel firefox as default browser

  I want to cancel Firefox as my default browser

  Hi, you should go to the browser that you want to use and set it as default within its parameters. You can also check if Firefox is your browser by - Make Firefox default browser.

  Even if Firefox is not set as the default browser, you can still continue to use it at any time!

  If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you.

• Impossible to make Firefox my default browser in Windows 10.

  I've replaced Firefox Web browser settings in Windows 10. I start Firefox and make it my default browser. When I search websites in Firefox, it does nothing. I tried with Google, Bing, Yahoo - nothing happens. If I go back to Windows 10 settings and change for Microsoft Edge, he surfed immediately with Bing. I've done 100 times and it does the same thing. Very frustrating!

  Said Chris_ilias

  Have you tried other browsers, such as Google Chrome or Internet Explorer? (See How to open Internet Explorer in Windows 10). If only Microsoft Edge can access the websites, I think that it is not a matter of Firefox and you can get better help on a Windows forum.

  Here's a thread from a forum of 10 Windows on a similar problem (only sites Microsoft consulted Edge, other browsers do not have) which was resolved by resetting your network card by entering netsh winsock reset at the command with administrator privileges prompt and then restart Windows:
  
  
  http://www.tenforums.com/network-sharing/10028-Internet-connection-only-Microsoft-edge.html

  Fvanmeter said

  This last thread of a Windows 10 forum worked. Now, I can get Internet in Firefox, Chrome and Edge. This ended days of frustration. Thanks Firefox for looking. netsh winsock reset to release your adapter. My next step is to uninstall Windows 10. Thank you!

  You are welcome and thanks for posting back with the result. I'll mark this as the solution.

• How can I make Firefox my default browser

  The Explorer is constantly as my default browser and I want my default browser from firefox

  Hi, open Options (gear) - in the 3 menu bar unless you moved, then in the general tab you can set Firefox as the default browser.

  You can also check in Internet Explorer, that it is not set by default, open tools > Internet Options, then go to the tab program.

  Hope that helps.

• Hello.. Because am using firefox as default browser there I couldn't open my .html files in the firefox browser... Could you help me?

  I couldn't open my file .html extensions in firefox... None of my .html files do not open...

  You can open the files via file > open a file?

  • Press the ALT key, or press F10 to display the Menu bar.

  Make sure that Firefox is set correctly in the default browser.

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/how+to+make+Firefox+the+default+browser
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/setting+Firefox+as+the+default+browser+does+not+work
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Default_browser

• Updated for FireFox 11 and I keep getting "compatibility check Add-on" when I launch the browser.

  I've just updated to FireFox 11 and whenever I run the browser, I get this annoying window that checks for compatibility of modules.

  I looked for solutions and have tried the following:
  1 remove several extension files in the profile folder.
  2 returning to about: config to disable the extension: checkcompatibility (is not here).

  None of them worked.

  Have you tried to delete the prefs.js file?

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/preferences+are+not+saved

  What security (firewall, antivirus) software do you have?

  Some security software has features of virtualization that can cause protection problems and restoring files in the Firefox profile folder.

• How can I keep Internet Explore to appear as my browser even if Firefos is my default browser?

  Desktop using 'Dell Dimension 2400. Internet provider is Juno. When do my default browser from Firefox Internet Explorer always lights when I go to Juno. I completely uninstalled Internet Explorer, but every time Juno is online it always is with Internet Explorer. Have tried to install Firefox as my browser by default in several ways, but no results. Whenever Juno comes online with Internet Explorer, then I can get Firefox. Juno control which browser to use? I also have windows XP.

  Close all Web browsers

  • go to control panel-> Internet Options-> programs-> tab uncheck tell me if Internet Explorer is not the default browser -> click OK

  Launch Firefox

  • Click on Firefox and click Menu Tools-> Options (or Options )-> Advanced panel-> general tab-> place checkmark on always check to see if Firefox is the default start browser -> click the check now button
    • IF Firefox was not set as default browser as soon as possible, he will ask that Firefox is not currently set as the default browser. You want to make your default browser? -> click on the Yes button
    • IF Firefox was already set as default browser, it displays a message that Firefox is already set as the default browser -> click on the OK button
  • Click OK in the Options window

  Check and tell if its working.

• xdg-open does not take into account the url and opens the different website when Firefox is the default browser in Ubuntu

  I am running Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit with Firefox version 38 for Ubuntu
  It is complected, and I tried to explain everything clearly.

  Today, I noticed a strange behavior.
  I have several URL saved as .desktop files.

  I use webupd8.org as example.
  The code for the exec in the desktop file is:
  Code:

  Exec=xdg-open http://www.webupd8.org/
  

  Today, I noticed that if I try to go to webupd8.org, or most of the other sites, by launching the .desktop file for this site, or by typing the url
  Code:

  http://www.WebUpd8.org/

  in the dashboard Firefox opens to a completely different site. The site that opens is a site that I set up for my children's grandparents to watch videos and see photos of the children. This Web site opens each time. I'm not be directed to a site at random each time. This is the case when I try to visit the webupd8.org OR one of several websites using .desktop file or enter the url you want in the dashboard. Whenever I went to my own domain.

  It happens that I have also several sites registered in a reminder in the Firefox icon in the Launcher sidebar thing in Ubuntu.
  In the case of the beast, the exec code is slightly different and it still responds as it should. In this case, I have:
  Code:

  Exec = firefox-new-tab http://www.webupd8.org/

  Also, if I change my default in opera browser, for example as .desktop files and entering the url directly in the dashboard work as it should.

  To recap:

  When Firefox is the default browser, enter a url in the dashboard or use a to surf to a desired site .desktop file causes my be redirected to my own domain name (which is hosted remotely and not on this computer).

  If, however, I change the Exec command in the .desktop file
  Code:

  Exec=xdg-open <url>
  

  TO
  Code:

  Exec = firefox-new-tab < url >

  the .desktop file will open Firefox and go to the desired site.

  If I change the browser by default Firefox to another browser, everything works as it should and has always so far. That is, with the Opera for example, both
  Code:

  Exec=xdg-open <url>
  

  and
  Code:

  Exec = firefox-new-tab < url >

  result in the browser by opening and going on the planned site. Typed a url in the dashboard is not a problem if the default browser is not Firefox.

  Anyone seen this before? If so, how to solve it?

  Thank you very much for your answers!
  I checked the url of the home page in Firefox and it has been set at startpage.com, but then when I looked at the default programs in Ubuntu, I noticed that the default program for the web had been unintentionally configured to use a .desktop file that leads to t he admin for my Web site login page.

  I changed this back to Firefox and the problem was solved.

• Firefox won't be the default browser for a user and pins himself to the taskbar

  On my Windows 7 PC parents, Firefox always said my mother is not the default browser (giving him the possibility to make sure) and then when closing, he pinned himself to the task bar.

  I checked and Firefox to default programs "has its flaws. I tried to get IE by default and then back to Firefox but the problem persists. The PC has no other browsers on it. Clicklinks in Thunderbird cause Firefox open, there'S no so it seems as if it is actually the default.

  When Firefox is closed it still pin himself to the taskbar. I can detach it and when it closes, it is still there.

  Search on Google, I have a suspicion that pinning occurs when the default configuration of Firefox. I also have a suspicion that something is wrong with the default for HTTP as it does not exist as a protocol to control custom Programs\Set Associations

  I have it solved!

  The command "Firefox.exe - silent - setDefaultBrowser" seems to have restored the HTTP protocol in control custom Programs\Set Associations.

  I found this command on http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_Your_Default_Browser#Force_Firefox_to_make_itself_the_default

  Thank you!

• I am new to this. I do not understand what is meant by making Firefox my "default browser". I use gmail, and I have to open a session, each time I want to use the mail?

  I don't even know if there is an interaction between Firefox and gmail. I know it's a pain every time that I want to use the mail, I have to open a session. I didn't connect with Internet Explorer. My goal here is to take advantage of Firefox are reached do not SPAM etc. Where and how can I set up Firefox as my default browser, and what are the other benefits? Keep it simple, guys, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

  The "default browser" is that Windows uses to open links from other applications or the desktop shortcuts. If a browser is designated as the default does not affect the operation of pages web in the browser.

  Sites recognized generally that you are still connected by setting a cookie. When you install Firefox, it is configured to receive and fix these cookies. However, there are many ways for the cookies to be deleted, including:

  • Settings on the Privacy tab of the Options dialog box such as whether you want to accept cookies and how long they stay - privacy, and-not-track browsing history settings
  • Option erasure of history to the judgment (even if the function is called history of compensation, there are a few 10 or more categories of data, you can choose individually delete or keep)
  • Using the incognito feature - cookies last only as long as the camera
  • The modules focus on the protection of personal information that change the way are managed cookies - your system data does not display of these
  • External security, privacy or system cleanup software

  In your case, your "more details of the system" shows that you have set Firefox automatically start in private browsing mode. In this configuration, Firefox does not keep cookies between sessions, as long as the sites Web is concerned, the next time you visit you are a foreigner. It could invoke is if you or someone else with access to your computer went in the Privacy Options and value Firefox "never remember history".

  You should probably disable automatic private browsing, unless you can find an add-on to store cookies that you want to store between private sessions.