Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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pokeefe0001
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Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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Sometime in the past - maybe just today - the Firefox option "Always check if Firefox is your default browser" is permanently checked. I cannot uncheck it. Now, Firefox is my default browser and I'm not likely to change that, but I want that to be my choice, not Mozilla's. How do I disable this option?
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Re: Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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you have to change that in windows default programs settings
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Re: Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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Permissions issue?
Or maybe Preferences not saved?
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Re: Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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Brummelchen wrote:you have to change that in windows default programs settings
On my wife's laptop (which does not have Firefox as the default browser) the option is checkable.
therube wrote:Permissions issue?
Or maybe Preferences not saved?
I can change other options. I don't think it's a permissions problem unless that one option takes a higher level of authority.
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Re: Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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Go to about:config
browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser and set it as false
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Re: Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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psaulm119 wrote:Go to about:config
browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser and set it as false
Thank you. That worked. After changing the config value the option is now unchecked but checkable.

I'll look at the option on my other two computers. They allow the option to be changed on the Options page.
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Re: Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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No problem.
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Re: Can'te disable "Always check if Firefox ..."

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psaulm119 wrote:Go to about:config
browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser and set it as false
Good info. Thanks for that. :D
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