Windows 10: .url file extension associated with "Internet Browser"

When I click on a file with a ".url" extension I get a box pop open that says:
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action..."

When I go into "Choose default apps by file extension" I find that files with a ".url" extension are associated with "Internet Browser" instead of with Firefox (version 57). When I click on "Internet Browser" the only 2 selections are "Internet Browser" and "look for an app in the store". How do I associate Firefox (which is already set as my default web browser) to open .url files?


Thanks.









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Default browser always reset back to Edge after restart

my problem is solved. All I had to do was to change the file association of .url in W10 from "internet browser" to "Safari (Mac)". No need to care about the default browser in Windows as long as settings in Parallels are "open on Mac" and the file association
for .url is set as described above. Just posting this here in case somebody will have same problem...

 

File Extension Associations

How do I change the file extension associations to "unknown"

 

It's an indicator for whatever your default browser is.
When you drag a URL onto your desktop, what does the icon look like?

 

it looks blank:

 

Does your browser have all it's defaults?

 

The defaults should help but a .url file [Uniform Resource Locator] is the same as seen in a browsers Address Bar, I drag the small icon on the left end of the address to either the Favorites/Bookmarks Toolbar or to the Desktop and can open the default browser to that page. It seldom works properly to right-click and Create a Shortcut on the Desktop.

 

Make sure Firefox has all it's defaults.
If that still doesn't cut it...
paste C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966} -Microsoft.DefaultPrograms\pageFileAssoc onto a Run box and change the protocol from there: