Howto03 Sep 2008 05:40 pm

Adobe Air Does Not Honor Default Browser

I have recently found out that Adobe Air does not honor the default browser.  I am using IE8 as my default browser right now, and AIR products open up Firefox.  Mike Chambers mentions the issue and links to a fix, but I have a simpler one. 

I assume Adobe Air checks the HKCU registry entry first, which may not be set by other programs (which may set only HKLM).  So just delete the entry in: HKCU/Software/Classes/.htm (I also deleted the one in .html).  Bam! Fixes the issue.

Update! (9/3/08): If you are curious why this is, please check out my explanation.

3 Responses to “Adobe Air Does Not Honor Default Browser”

  1. on 03 Sep 2008 at 6:32 pm   Adobe AIR / Firefox issue on Vista at Mike Chambers

    [...] Update (September 3, 2008): There is another potential fix here. [...]

  2. on 03 Sep 2008 at 7:26 pm   William from Lagos

    Hey thanks. Worked like a charm.

  3. on 30 Oct 2008 at 5:44 am   Adobe Air Applications Not Opening Links In Default Browser [Fix]

    [...] is also a more generic fix for opening Adobe Air links in any default [...]

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