508895 - tools/options advanced/general tab: "Check Now" refuses to "take" status as default

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Bernie Baillargeon]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) AutoPager/0.5.2.2 (http://www.teesoft.info/)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) AutoPager/0.5.2.2 (http://www.teesoft.info/)

I want FF3.5 to be my default browser.  This option is failing to take that status.  I had done some testing acrossChrome, IE8 and FF3.5; Chrome took over as default immediately.  However, after that IE8 was unable to "grab" or "take" the status as default browser, and neither does FF3.5.  I also checked the "check if FF is default browser on startup" and it does not... I expect this is related to the not-default issue.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.set Google Chrome as default browser.
2.open firefox 3.5.2 and go to the advanced group general tab on the tools/options... and attempt to make it the default browser
3.nothing happens
Actual Results:  
nothing

Expected Results:  
FF3.5.2 becomes the default browser

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
Also, please consider using the most recent Firefox 4 beta build, your bug may be resolved there.

Comment 2

[Bernie Baillargeon]

apparently the 3.6 version fixed this.  However, FF is just not working for soooo many sites (Facebook, any quicktime ste, etc.) that I have to use another as my default.