Why does Firefox tell me it's not the default browser?

When I start Firefox, or when I go to the options system and check, Firefox 8 tells me it's not the default browser. Yet, if I close it, and go to some program such as Excel and type in a URL then click it, Firefox opens it. Any idea what's wrong?

That means that not all Firefox settings as default browser are set and that some are missing
See:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+make+Firefox+the+default+browser
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_browser

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