Windows 10: URL link opens in IE although Firefox is my default - why?

Discus and support URL link opens in IE although Firefox is my default - why? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Haven't used my Win 10 Pro 64-bit much yet. But just noticed a problem. I have installed a program called HippoEdit, which is an advanced text... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by glnz, Jan 22, 2017.

  1. GLNZ
    glnz Win User

    URL link opens in IE although Firefox is my default - why?


    Haven't used my Win 10 Pro 64-bit much yet. But just noticed a problem.

    I have installed a program called HippoEdit, which is an advanced text editor for creating and editing code. (I'm not a coder -- I'm just starting to learn VBA for Word, and this program HippoEdit was offered for free on GiveAwayOfTheDay, so I grabbed it. Haven't used it yet but was looking at it just now.)

    Its Help page has a URL link to Introduction [HippoEDIT Wiki]. When I click on it, the link opens in Internet Explorer, not my Firefox. Why?

    I double-checked, and Firefox is my designated default program for opening all .htm, .html, .url and web links.
    So why does this link Introduction [HippoEDIT Wiki] open in IE?

    (HippoEdit itself is a text-editing window that looks like a cross of Word 2003, Notepad and maybe a browser. Do you think it is somehow connected to IE? It is not made by Microsoft. And even its own settings show Firefox as a default for .html. So, no, I don't think there's any hidden link to IE.)

    What do you think?

    :)
     
    glnz, Jan 22, 2017
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  2. RALF_G
    Ralf_G Win User

    If I set anything but Edge to be the default browser Windows mail will not open web page links

    I'm using Internet Explorer as the default browser and Thunderbird as my email program. Web links in emails open in IE when I click them. I momentarily switched to using Firefox as the default browser, no restart, and web links began opening in Firefox instead
    of IE.

    I temporarily ran the Windows Mail app with IE as my default browser and links again opened in IE. When I set Firefox as the default browser the web links opened in Firefox.

    Don't know why yours is behaving the way it does. Why not try enabling Internet Explorer (Control Panel, Programs and Features- Turn Windows Features on or off. See if it makes a difference.
     
    Ralf_G, Jan 22, 2017
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  3. PEACEBYJESUS777
    PeaceByJesus777 Win User
    How to you stop links from pages on this site, which are opened in Firefox, from opening in IE? Why would they do that?

    That is not the answer, as IE is not the default, nor do i want Firefox to be so. Chrome is the default via Contro Panel (though Firefox is by far the best) and set to open all protocols it can, yet if click on a link in Firefox from this page such as

    Ask the community then it opens up in IE.

    Thanks.
     
    PeaceByJesus777, Jan 22, 2017
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  4. BREE
    Bree New Member

    URL link opens in IE although Firefox is my default - why?

    Apparently it IS heavily integrated with IE...
    Integrated Web Browser [HippoEDIT Wiki]
     
    Bree, Jan 22, 2017
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