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How do I change the default browser to open .htm and .html files in Windows 11
I know this has been asked and answered in the past, BUT the other articles show that these file types should be able to be set in the settings through APPS>DEFAULT APPS>FIREFOX but Firefox and ...
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Firefox mangles theme after update
Whenever Firefox restarts, it ends up looking like this:
I then go to the theme settings and Disable the Dark theme:
This gives me the look I want:
Strangely, after this, I can Enable and Disable ...
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Firefox preference to set default permission for handling various protocols (e.g. "tel:" links)?
I have the tel: protocol's default handler set to Microsoft Your Phone, so I can place calls and send SMS from my computer. When I click a tel hyperlink in Firefox (e.g. tel:(555)555-5555), I get a FF ...
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How to make Firefox preference settings survive an upgrade?
Firefox has a dangerous (IMO) default setting for clearing history (cookies) - "last hour" instead of "everything." When a person is in a routine - clicking History -> Clear ...
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Show disabled preferences in Mozilla Firefox 67.0
about:preferences shows
Your organization has disabled the ability to change some preferences.
How can I see what was disabled?
I compiled Mozilla Firefox 67.0 from source (via ebuild on Gentoo ...
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Firefox setting to allow Web Notifications to stay open longer (or indefinitely)
By default, Firefox displays Web Notifications for about half a minute before automatically hiding them.
Is there a way to increase the amount of time that they are displayed before auto-hiding them?
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How to direct email hyperlink to Outlook/Office 10
I've been asking Windows 10's Ask me anything and searching without much luck. I am using Firefox, and when presented with an email hyperlink, a box pops up asking me to use an email client I don't ...
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http- and https-Links open in different browsers in Windows 10 update 1607
I have recently upgraded my Windows 10 machine to the latest build 1607, and notice the following behaviour: when I click on a link in my Email program (Outlook 2010), it opens the links in different ...
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Windows 10 won't accept Firefox as the default browser
I have recently upgraded my Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 and basically everything seems to be working fine.
Except for the fact that Win10 won't get Firefox as the default browser in the system...
It ...
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How can I modify the Firefox defaults?
How can I modify the Firefox defaults to contain a few Add-ons?
# NoScript
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/latest/722/addon-722-latest.xpi
# HTTPS Everywhere
https://www.eff.org/...
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How -exactly- do I change the default address-bar search on Mozilla Firefox? [duplicate]
Sigh. I fired up firefox today and it is somehow now set to use yahoo as the default search engine on the address bar. This solution here no longer works, because keyword.url has been removed.
I have ...
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Firefox 27.0.1 Ubuntu, headers in Google Search much too big
Since Firefox 27.0.1, the Google search headers looks too big (but didn't see any changes on other websites).
Look the difference to Opera (normal):
[UPDATE]
It looks even normal in Chrome:
Firefox,...
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New tab button on Firefox toolbar?
I recently had my Firefox profile corrupted and I had to restore default settings with this procedure.
Previously I had a "new tab" button on my toolbar, and now it doesn't seem to be available ...
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Set default tab url in firefox 14
In the latest firefox update, new tabs show -instead of the previously default blank page- a window of recently viewed pages. Before this was available, I had installed an 'addon' to allow this (...
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keyword.url setting in firefox getting overriden by Anti-virus Settings
I am trying to set the value for keyword.url in the about:config page of mozilla firefox as https://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=.
But it is getting overidden quickly by the anti-virus that is ...
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