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saniboy
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      #394271 - Thu May 15 2008 08:42 AM

Please could any one tell me why my default browser has changed from firefox to ie without me doing anything ? it still launches at start up and is fine for general browsing but when i click a link in an email it is opened using ie. up until a couple of days ago the links were opening in ff.

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Re: default browser [Re: saniboy]
      #394283 - Thu May 15 2008 11:20 AM

click **HERE** to set FireFox as you default browser

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saniboy
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Re: default browser [Re: heres_johnny]
      #394292 - Thu May 15 2008 01:44 PM

hi and thanks for that. i have done this and all seems well its just links in emails from Live Mail and even Thunderbird all open with ie which i am sure wasn't happening last week.

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Re: default browser [Re: saniboy]
      #394295 - Thu May 15 2008 02:44 PM

This sometimes works. Open Internet Explorer and you will be presented with a dialogue box asking if you wish to make IE the default browser. Say yes and then close IE down. Now open FF and you will again be asked if you wish to make it the default. Again say yes and close down. Now try one of your links in TBird.

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saniboy
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Re: default browser [Re: saniboy]
      #394311 - Thu May 15 2008 08:45 PM

nice try with the ie and ff trick but no joy. the only email links that open with the Fox are me aol ones.

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Re: default browser [Re: saniboy]
      #394316 - Thu May 15 2008 09:29 PM

This looks like it might be the solution.

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