Safari locks up when making it default browser

If I try to make Safari my default browser by going through the setting in Safari it always locks up Safari. I'm then forced to do a force quit on Safari to relaunch it. Anybody have any idea why this would happen? Firefox has gotten strange on me lately, so I want to make Safari my default one until I can figure out what's up with Firefox.

Hi Barry,
Sorry for the delay in saying thanks for the help. I ended up rebuilding the launch services database that cured that problem and another one I had. I do really appreciate your help.
Many thanks again,
Mike

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