Firefox

I clicked on start and all of a sudden I saw two Firefox icons on desktop.
I removed one but now each time I switch from explorer to Firefox, I am prompted to choose about 5 questions before resuming Firefox. It is alla bout resttiong the browser.
Apparently I deleted the wrong icon because I used to just click on Firefox after being on explorer and it would just ask me if I wanted it to be my default browser.
How can I get that proper icon back?

 

Delete your current shortcut

Navigate to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox

Right-click on "Firefox.exe" and choose "Send to" --> "Desktop (Create Shortcut)"

This should create a shortcut direct to the program and not to any reset wizards.

 

Message deleted Collins beat me to it.

 

>>I appreciate your suggestion, thank you

 

I have the icon for Firefox but when I switch between that and MSIE 8 which my wife uses, I am a box appears asking about 5 questions like resetting.
I took a chance and just checked the bottom box to use Firefox.
Is this correct?
Why is this box suddenly appearing?
Should I use system restore because I would love to have it back like it was before but I don't know if this wold help?
Thank you

 

This is hard to articulate.
On my laptop(which never experienced a sudden appearance of two FF icons), Start = I see Internet Mozilla Firefox on top and Internet Explorer beneath it -in safe mode.
If I click on the explorer it asks to be the default browser and I yes it.
For the sake of argument I close it.
Explorer is on top and FF is beneath it BUT NOT IN SAFE MODE.

When I do the above with the desktop, FF goes into safe mode.
I think I deleted a shortcut not the real icon when the two were present-maybe.
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Now, since I have been experimenting, I cannot get those questions to surface and the browsers seem to be behaving which is good but leaves me with egg on my face.
I really am sorry to have raised another issue but the two machines gave two different answers after the appearance of the two icons.
Let's hope the browsers stabilize and this is the end of it .
Thank you for listening and again I apologize for the interference.

 

I'm assuming it is the default programs when one clicks the START button on the desktop. The answer I would have used, is "don't ask again" about default web browser.

 

Hello plodr
When you look at your desktop, you usually see start and at the least a recycle bin.
When I click on start I see my two browsers and M.S. Office Word.
When I used explorer then switched to F.F., that dialogue box appeared asking me to?reset password etc. It was, I think, a legitimate way of configuring the browser and I believe it was occurring because I was clicking a shortcut instead of the default browser.
I did a lot of searching as to how to replace the original icon etc, and something I did pushed the right button -luckily.
Now I can switch back and forth between the two and I am asked if I would like to have either as the default or not.
I did learn a trick at Mozilla headquarters that if the box appears you should click on rest the passwords and it will allow you to proceed under ?normal circumstances.
I hope I have drawn a better illustration for you and again I thank you for your interest.

 

>>My wife uses explorer so we must switch.

 

Quite true. Just have IE be the default browser, and when FF complains that it isn't the default, just check the box to not ask me anymore, and click no for default.

Or get the wife to switch to FF.:-D

 

Actually, now that MSIE 8 is not supported of today, along with the introduction of MSIE 9, I have persuaded her not to use an unsafe browser.
We are all with F.F. now because we have xp. Only Vista and up can get MSIE9 if they wish.

 

You are a skilled investigator. I too like to get 'the answer' to questions but am not nearly as adept.
It is interesting to note that, "you can not remove any icons from this pane. Eventually an icon will be replaced if you open a lot of other programs."
Your explanation made sense and will go in my folder of issues learned and resolved.
Thank you

 

Where does this non-sense come from? IE 9 hasn't even been officially released yet. And, IE 8 will probably be supported for quite some time yet and it is not an unsafe browser.

 

>>I could be wrong but perhaps a better choice of words would have a little nicer.

 

Then as soon as a program becomes a 'most recently used one' it would reappear in the section you refer to.
This is good news;I don't know how you found it but now I can easily remove an icon like the one that troubled me before.
Thank you for the research. I am sure many readers will benefit from it.