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markz14
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October 31, 2017
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IE always launches after installation, regardless of which browser is default browser

  • October 31, 2017
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I'm running Windows 7 Pro which I keep updated with the latest Microsoft updates.

When I installed an mid-September release of FlashPlayer (Sept 13) I was running Firefox as my default browser.  It installed fine and after the installer was complete it opened up a tab in Firefox letting me know it was complete and recommending other Adobe products for me.

Shortly after that, I switched my default browser from Firefox to Opera which means I now download 3 versions of FlashPlayer for every new release (Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer).  Around October 18 there was a FlashPlayer update which I installed and I noticed the installer no longer respected my choice of default browser (Opera at the time) but automatically opened up its 'install done; here's some other Adobe products ad' tab in a new instance of Internet Explorer.  This morning (10/31) I was notified of another FlashPlayer update and this time I reset my default browser back to Firefox for the update installation but still the installer insisted on opening up Internet Explorer to display its all done message with Adobe product ad.

Is there any way to adjust the installation process so when the installer opens up a browser it respects my choice of default browser instead of using Internet Explorer?  Over the past 15 years or so I've caught 1/2 a dozen or so trojans/viruses.  ALL have come in through vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer which is why I only use it if absolutely necessary and which is why I don't want Adobe forcing it open.

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    _maria_
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    _maria_Community Manager
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    October 31, 2017

    Can you please launch Registry Editor and check the following entries.  Posting a screenshot of the actual entries would be helpful.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\http\shell\open\command\

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\https\shell\open\command\

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice\Progid

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\https\UserChoice\Progid

    The entry for each should be whatever you have set as default. For example, I have Chrome as the default browser and the entries are:

    While my screenshots are only for the 'http' note, the entries are the same in the 'https' node.  If I change the default browser to Firefox, these entries change from Chrome to Firefox.

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    Anonymous
    October 31, 2017

    Please let me know if you have trouble reading this.  I may have to do something to increase RegEdit's font size.  And thank-you for the speedy response.  I was not expecting that!!

    After posting my original message I was able to find another thread in this forum from a few years back related to this topic.  As I come back now, I can't recall what search term I used to locate that thread and now I can't find it again so I'm unable to provide a link.  But my experience with the installer is that whatever the problem was back then was resolved at least until recently.

    _maria_
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    _maria_Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 31, 2017

    Thank you for the screenshots.  It appears to be configured correctly in the registry.  I'll forward this to the online installer team for further review.

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    Maria

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