double click an html file and it does not start in the default browser

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> on Fri, 22 Oct 2021
08:31:27 +0100

> On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 at 03:53, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
> >
> > I am running Ubuntu 21.10 with gnome.  This problem just started after updating
> > to 21.10.  In the files window if I double click an .html file the system
> > starts chrome, firefox is the default browser and already running.  Chrome says
> > it is not the default browser and has a button to make it the default browser.
> > Where to start looking for the problem?
> 
> Try right clicking on an html file and select Properties.  Then Open
> With, select Firefox, and click Set as Default.

Thanks that worked.  Annoying that they changed the properties during the
update.

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Robert Blair


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