279841 - Default browser settings don't properly set the URL:HTTP protocol handlers if Maxthon was previously installed

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[Samuel Neff]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

I had Maxthon installed and then installed FF.  Even though FF was set as
default browser, clicking http:// links from Outlook still opened Maxthon.  The
problem turned out to be the association for the URL:HTTP file type.  Even
though FF did correctly set the file type for the "open" action, it didn't make
"open" the default action.  Maxthon had added a "Maxthon" action which was set
as the default (which was not nice of Maxthon).  FF should set the "Open" action
as the default to protect against this.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Maxthon
2. Set Maxthon as default browser
3. Install FF
4. Set FF as default browser
5. Send e-mail to self with http:// link
6. Click link, opens in Maxthon


Actual Results:  
opens in wrong browser

Expected Results:  
opened in right browser, FF

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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