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Old February 11th 18, 07:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Cant switch default browser

On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:24:55 +0000 (UTC), "JT"
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wrote:

I'm running Win98se. For many years my default browser was K-Meleon,
and I also had the highest (usable in 98) version of Firefox
installed. (FF version 3.x).

K-Meleon no longer works on almost any website, and the upgrades for
it are only for XP and higher.

I want to switch and make Firefox the default browser. But I cant make
it switch. I went to the Options in FF and clicked on "Make FF the
Default Browser". That does nothing, and I have tried to do it at
least 10 times.

I even made a backup of K-Meleon and deleted it. Then went to FF and
clicked on "make FF the default". Still nothing. All it did then, was
to keep annoying me by saying it cant find K-Meleon.exe.

I even went so far as to modify my registry to remove all references
to K-Meleon. Then went to FF and once again, clicked on "Make FF the
default".

Still no change.....

I since restored the registry and put back K-Meleon from the backup.

How the heck can I make FF my default browser?

After that, I'll remove K-Meleon permanently.


James,


You should have the followin 2 registry settings... 1 for HTTP and 1
for HTTPS.

If not, create them.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shel l\Associations\UrlAssoc
iations\http\UserChoice\Progid
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shel l\Associations\UrlAssoc
iations\http\UserChoice\Progid


Progid is a String Value.

You have 3 choices.

They a

FirefoxURL Firefox
ChromeHTML Chrome
IE.HTTP Internet Explorer

To make Firefox your Default edit the Progid and change it to
FirefoxURL.

If you are familiar with merging .reg files save the following to a
file named default.reg on your desktop.



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell \Associations\UrlAsso
ciations\http\UserChoice]
"Progid"="FirefoxURL"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell \Associations\UrlAsso
ciations\https\UserChoice]
"Progid"="FirefoxURL"



Then just right-click and select Merge.


JT


I did this EXACTLY as you said. From above the "version 5.00" line to
below "Progid"="FirefoxURL"

I saved to the desktop. Clicked and selected MERGE.

Windows returned an error saying something like "It's not a valid
registry script"....