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shows up as internet explorer in windows 10?

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Hello, as soon as i open any link from lets say skype, windows asks me in what browser i wan't to open the webpage with, firefox is an option in that list but it's named Internet Explorer, i have two internet explorer options but i never know wich one is firefox. I have tried to re install firefox, and windows 10 but the problem pre resists. is this a known issue? how do i solve it? i want everything to open with firefox. Thanks!

Hello, as soon as i open any link from lets say skype, windows asks me in what browser i wan't to open the webpage with, firefox is an option in that list but it's named Internet Explorer, i have two internet explorer options but i never know wich one is firefox. I have tried to re install firefox, and windows 10 but the problem pre resists. is this a known issue? how do i solve it? i want everything to open with firefox. Thanks!

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Open Windows Internet Explorer. Have it declared as the default browser. But turn off the option to check this when the browser opens (If you want).

Now do the same thing using Firefox.