Windows won't remember my default browser - Firefox

This has been happening for about a month now, and is quite annoying.

For some reason Windows 8.1 (32bit) won't remember Firefox as the default
handler for .html files. I tick the box to remember my choice, but it keeps
coming back every single time I launch Firefox by itself or a program (like
Forte Agent) calls it up to view a page.

Screenshot:
http://postimg.org/image/4cdmj6h5x/

Is this happening to anyone else? Does anyone know of a known bug in a recent
Windows update, or maybe even a Firefox update?

More importantly, how can I fix this so it does not keep prompting me?

G. Morgan wrote:

More importantly, how can I fix this so it does not keep prompting me?


BTW -- Program Defaults are set correctly as well:

http://postimg.org/image/ajdtj59ed/

G. Morgan wrote:
This has been happening for about a month now, and is quite annoying.

For some reason Windows 8.1 (32bit) won't remember Firefox as the default
handler for .html files. I tick the box to remember my choice, but it keeps
coming back every single time I launch Firefox by itself or a program (like
Forte Agent) calls it up to view a page.

Screenshot:
http://postimg.org/image/4cdmj6h5x/

Is this happening to anyone else? Does anyone know of a known bug in a recent
Windows update, or maybe even a Firefox update?

More importantly, how can I fix this so it does not keep prompting me?

Have you considered keeping a log of what was being done on the pc to
narrow down exactly when it occurs.

Recent IE updates are usually Cumulative Updates, rarely more than a
single update in a given month though 'quick fix engineering' or
necessary security updates can follow within 2 weeks of the last
cumulative IE update.


To be clear ...are you stating that running Firefox by itself causes
Windows to switch the default browser from FF to IE ?



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....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

....winston? wrote:

To be clear ...are you stating that running Firefox by itself causes
Windows to switch the default browser from FF to IE ?


No, I'm saying nothing about IE at all.

I'm saying every time I launch Firefox, Windows asks if I want FF to be the
default browser.

On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:18:33 -0500, G. Morgan wrote:

...winston? wrote:

To be clear ...are you stating that running Firefox by itself causes
Windows to switch the default browser from FF to IE ?

No, I'm saying nothing about IE at all.

I'm saying every time I launch Firefox, Windows asks if I want FF to be the
default browser.

Windows or Firefox?

If FF is not my default browser (sometimes I turn it off temporarily),
*Firefox* asks me that question.

But there's a configuration item to stop that *in Firefox*.

Tools | Options | General tab

First check box (under Startup), "Always ask..."

That's how I control that question.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

G. Morgan wrote:
...winston? wrote:

To be clear ...are you stating that running Firefox by itself causes
Windows to switch the default browser from FF to IE ?


No, I'm saying nothing about IE at all.

I'm saying every time I launch Firefox, Windows asks if I want FF to be the
default browser.


Can you provide a screen shot of Windows asking that option (i.e.
Windows not Firefox)?


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....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

G. Morgan wrote on 3/17/2015 7:03 PM:
This has been happening for about a month now, and is quite annoying.

For some reason Windows 8.1 (32bit) won't remember Firefox as the default
handler for .html files. I tick the box to remember my choice, but it keeps
coming back every single time I launch Firefox by itself or a program (like
Forte Agent) calls it up to view a page.

Screenshot:
http://postimg.org/image/4cdmj6h5x/

Is this happening to anyone else? Does anyone know of a known bug in a recent
Windows update, or maybe even a Firefox update?

More importantly, how can I fix this so it does not keep prompting me?

I think what you have to do is change the default browser to something
else (via Control Panel), use that browser one time to open an HTML
file, and then change the default browser to FF. I think. :-)

On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:41:43 -0700, ...winston? wrote:

G. Morgan wrote:
...winston? wrote:

To be clear ...are you stating that running Firefox by itself causes
Windows to switch the default browser from FF to IE ?


No, I'm saying nothing about IE at all.

I'm saying every time I launch Firefox, Windows asks if I want FF to be the
default browser.


Can you provide a screen shot of Windows asking that option (i.e.
Windows not Firefox)?


The original post has (a link to) a screen shot of Windows asking.

http://postimg.org/image/4cdmj6h5x/

See the right half of the image.

The right half of the image is what MS-Windows asks after after a
new program has registered itself as able to handle http: links.
MS-Windows knows that Firefox is the handler for http: links, but
MS-Windows thinks the user might now want to use this new other
program instead. So MS-Windows asks if the user wants to "Keep
using Firefox" (see the top option on the right side). MS-Windows
also lists all the other programs which are registered as able to
handle http: links.


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Kind regards
Ralph

Ralph Fox wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:41:43 -0700, ...winston? wrote:

G. Morgan wrote:
...winston? wrote:

To be clear ...are you stating that running Firefox by itself causes
Windows to switch the default browser from FF to IE ?


No, I'm saying nothing about IE at all.

I'm saying every time I launch Firefox, Windows asks if I want FF to be the
default browser.


Can you provide a screen shot of Windows asking that option (i.e.
Windows not Firefox)?


The original post has (a link to) a screen shot of Windows asking.

http://postimg.org/image/4cdmj6h5x/

See the right half of the image.

The right half of the image is what MS-Windows asks after after a
new program has registered itself as able to handle http: links.
MS-Windows knows that Firefox is the handler for http: links, but
MS-Windows thinks the user might now want to use this new other
program instead. So MS-Windows asks if the user wants to "Keep
using Firefox" (see the top option on the right side). MS-Windows
also lists all the other programs which are registered as able to
handle http: links.


Thank's. I overlooked that initial link.
Fyi...its not Windows asking, ***it's a Firefox*** generated prompt.


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....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

"...winston‫" wrote on 3/21/2015 6:21 PM:
Ralph Fox wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:41:43 -0700, ...winston? wrote:

G. Morgan wrote:
...winston? wrote:

To be clear ...are you stating that running Firefox by itself causes
Windows to switch the default browser from FF to IE ?


No, I'm saying nothing about IE at all.

I'm saying every time I launch Firefox, Windows asks if I want FF to be the
default browser.


Can you provide a screen shot of Windows asking that option (i.e.
Windows not Firefox)?


The original post has (a link to) a screen shot of Windows asking.

http://postimg.org/image/4cdmj6h5x/

See the right half of the image.

The right half of the image is what MS-Windows asks after after a
new program has registered itself as able to handle http: links.
MS-Windows knows that Firefox is the handler for http: links, but
MS-Windows thinks the user might now want to use this new other
program instead. So MS-Windows asks if the user wants to "Keep
using Firefox" (see the top option on the right side). MS-Windows
also lists all the other programs which are registered as able to
handle http: links.


Thank's. I overlooked that initial link.
Fyi...its not Windows asking, ***it's a Firefox*** generated prompt.

OP says he checked "Don't ask me again" but did he click "Use Firefox as
my default browser? I don't recall?

On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:21:21 -0700, ...winston? wrote:
Ralph Fox wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:41:43 -0700, ...winston? wrote:
G. Morgan wrote:

I'm saying every time I launch Firefox, Windows asks if I want FF to be the
default browser.

Can you provide a screen shot of Windows asking that option (i.e.
Windows not Firefox)?


The original post has (a link to) a screen shot of Windows asking.

http://postimg.org/image/4cdmj6h5x/

See the right half of the image.

The right half of the image is what MS-Windows asks after after a
Â*Â* Â*Â*Â* ^^^^^^^^^^
new program has registered itself as able to handle http: links.
MS-Windows knows that Firefox is the handler for http: links, but
MS-Windows thinks the user might now want to use this new other
program instead. So MS-Windows asks if the user wants to "Keep
using Firefox" (see the top option on the right side). MS-Windows
also lists all the other programs which are registered as able to
handle http: links.


Thank's. I overlooked that initial link.
Fyi...its not Windows asking, ***it's a Firefox*** generated prompt.


FYI The image shows two separate pop-ups.

(1) The pop-up on the left half is a Firefox generated prompt.

(2) The pop-up on the right half is *MS-Windows* asking. This
is *NOT* a Firefox generated prompt.

The pop-up on the right half is the one we are talking about.


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Kind regards
Ralph

Ralph Fox wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:21:21 -0700, ...winston? wrote:
Ralph Fox wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:41:43 -0700, ...winston? wrote:
G. Morgan wrote:

I'm saying every time I launch Firefox, Windows asks if I want FF to be the
default browser.

Can you provide a screen shot of Windows asking that option (i.e.
Windows not Firefox)?


The original post has (a link to) a screen shot of Windows asking.

http://postimg.org/image/4cdmj6h5x/

See the right half of the image.

The right half of the image is what MS-Windows asks after after a
^^^^^^^^^^
new program has registered itself as able to handle http: links.
MS-Windows knows that Firefox is the handler for http: links, but
MS-Windows thinks the user might now want to use this new other
program instead. So MS-Windows asks if the user wants to "Keep
using Firefox" (see the top option on the right side). MS-Windows
also lists all the other programs which are registered as able to
handle http: links.


Thank's. I overlooked that initial link.
Fyi...its not Windows asking, ***it's a Firefox*** generated prompt.


FYI The image shows two separate pop-ups.

(1) The pop-up on the left half is a Firefox generated prompt.

(2) The pop-up on the right half is *MS-Windows* asking. This
is *NOT* a Firefox generated prompt.

The pop-up on the right half is the one we are talking about.


The pics are independent and not appearing at the same time. The one on
the right is only generated after the 'left' and when the browser
actually attempts to access an http site.

The user should answer the prompt to the one on the right then use
Default programs to ensure that FF is selected.
Set your default programs - Firefox, all defaults
Set program access and computer defaults - Custom

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msft mvp consumer apps