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open up firefox and type into the url:

about:config

look up browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser
and check the value. if its false, change to true and restart the 
browser. let me know if that works..

-Ben


Kiffin Gish wrote:
> Every time I fire up firefox it claims it is not the default browser. 
> If I click on yes to make it the default browser or go into Prferences 
> | General and hit the Default Browser [Check Now]-button and/or I 
> restart firefox, I still get the message that it is NOT the default 
> browser.
> Nothing I do helps -- what got stuch?!
>