Clicking on links in chat boxes or on my desktop no longer opens them in firefox.

When I click on links on my desktop, nothing happens. When I right click and choose "open with" I cannot choose firefox as an option. I can still open the links in Safari. I booted up in Safe Mode and still experienced the problem. I uninstalled and reinstalled firefox, which didn't affect the problem. I disabled all my plugins and still experienced the problem. I made a new user profile for Firefox and again, the problem persisted. I'm about at my wit's end here!

Try making sure Firefox is the default browser: [[How to make web links open in Firefox by default]]. If that doesn't work see, [[Setting Firefox as the default browser does not work - What to do]].

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