Internet shortcuts open Print dialog

Question

I use Firefox as default browser.

Problem: Double-clicking on any internet shortcut in Explorer opens the Print dialog.

Setting for .url under Set Associations is "Internet Browser, Microsoft Corporation".

If I change that setting to Firefox, double-clicking a shortcut gives this error:

What is the correct setting to use here? And what may the cause and solution of this problem?

EDIT:

Top bold right-click option in Explorer is Print. So probably this is a registry problem. Regedit shows the following, where I think something must be wrong?

Shouldn't there be a DefaultAction and OpenWithProgids?

EDIT 2:

Here is the full registry entry. Though I don't know how to reset it, or what to manually change?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL] @="InternetShortcut"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL\PersistentHandler] @="{8CD34779-9F10-4f9b-ADFB-B3FAEABDAB5A}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}] @="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}] @="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}] @="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL\ShellEx\{CABB0DA0-DA57-11CF-9974-0020AFD79762}] @="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.URL\ShellEx\{FBF23B80-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}] @="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

EDIT 3:

Not sure if I'm correct, but I assume .url reg-entry forwards to InternetShortcut? So I post that here:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut] "NeverShowExt"="" "InfoTip"="prop:System.Link.TargetUrl;System.Rating;System.Link.Description;System.Link.Comment" "EditFlags"=dword:00000002 "FullDetails"="prop:System.Link.TargetUrl;System.Rating;System.Link.Description;System.Link.Comment" "IsShortcut"="" "FriendlyTypeName"="@C:\\Windows\\System32\\ieframe.dll,-10046" "PreviewDetails"="prop:System.Link.TargetUrl;System.Rating;System.History.VisitCount;System.History.DateChanged;System.Link.DateVisited;System.Link.Description;System.Link.Comment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\CLSID] @="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\DefaultIcon] @="C:\\Windows\\System32\\url.dll,5"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell] "CLSID"="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\Open] "LegacyDisable"="" "CLSID"="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\Open\Command] @="rundll32.exe ieframe.dll,OpenURL %l"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\print\command] @="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" \"C:\\Windows\\System32\\mshtml.dll\",PrintHTML \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\shell\printto\command] @="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" \"C:\\Windows\\System32\\mshtml.dll\",PrintHTML \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\" \"%4\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN] @="{30351349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\ShellEx\IconHandler] @="{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut\ShellEx\PropertySheetHandlers\{FBF23B40-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}]

EDIT 4:

After running ccleaner (fixing all registry issues) and executed "Set this program as default" for Firefox (under "Set your default programs"), the URL links opens fine in Firefox, as long as that is the default for .URL. However if setting "Internet Browser MS" as default for URL, it still opens Print dialog. And context menus looks like this respectively:

Firefox as default for .URL:

"Internet Browser" (note: not IE) as default for .URL:

Though, if using Internet Explorer as default, it works well:

Perhaps I just should never use "Internet Browser"? Though I would expect that to just direct to the default browser?

Answer 1

You have the Internet Explorer set as default.

And its associations and its defaults.

To change that to Firefox lets do following:

File association

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default

Choose Firefox as browser.

Assign the following protocols and file types to the browser you wish to set as default:

URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP protocol)

URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy (HTTPS protocol)

URL:File Transfer Protocol {FTP protocol)

HTML File

Answer 2

I recommend deleting and replacing the internet shortcut.

You can create a shortcut by right clicking on the desktop and select Shortcut.

the shortcut can either be a link or access to another program

Answer 3

This script from Autohotkey seems to solve it directly by repointing where the default browser is (assuming it's portable, I think, but it may do Autohotkey Script

Answer 4

Type regedit in the Run prompt (Win +R) and press the Enter key. Once the Registry Editor opens, navigate to- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\

Right-click on Classes, and create a New KEY with the name InternetShortcut

Right-click on the InternetShortcut folder and create a folder shell

Right-click on the shell folder, and create a folder Open with…

In the Open with… folder, right-click on the right-panel and then create a new string with the name ExplorerCommandHandler

Double-click ExplorerCommandHandler to edit it, and add the following in the value section:

{4ce6767d-e09b-45dc-831d-20c8b4ea9a26}

Once done, close the Registry editor, and right-click on the InternetShortcut file or the .URL file.