I have URL links to PDFs in an excel spreadsheet, the document opens in Internet Explorer, even though Firefox is my Default browser

I have been through all of the default browser setups and I still Internet Explorer opens. I have an internet shortcut to an excel document on my desktop and Firefox opens just fine.
Any ideas?

Hello nanemy1854, set also firefox as default browser in Add or Remove Programs list in win xp, see for more information : [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/setting-firefox-default-browser-does-not-work#w_windows-xp Firefox as default browser in win xp].
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