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Windows 10 shows Firefox as the default but Firefox doesn't recognize that it is the default.

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Barrys6544
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Every time I open Firefox it says that it isn't the default browser. I click on make it the default. I then went into apps in the Windows 10 settings and it shows Firefox as the default. I then went into "apps by file type" and again it shows Firefox under htm & html. I don't know what else to do.

Every time I open Firefox it says that it isn't the default browser. I click on make it the default. I then went into apps in the Windows 10 settings and it shows Firefox as the default. I then went into "apps by file type" and again it shows Firefox under htm & html. I don't know what else to do.

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Murphy
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Hi Barrys6544,

That must be frustrating .....

Would you please take a look at this article :

How to fix preferences that won't save

And also :

The second item here

Does that help  ?