PCWorks: Saving Firefox as Firefox webpage

> Then my real question is how to make Firefox my default
browser without
> re-installing Firefox where I think, if I remember
correctly, one is then 
> given a choice?

To make Firefox your default web browser, select Tools >
OptionsEdit > 
PreferencesFirefox > Preferences
  and click the Check Now button in the General panel.




>
> I know I've seen this answered somewhere before so
another question would 
> be: Without bringing it up in a forum such as PCWorks,
where on the 
> internet or in "help" would I find this
information? The question seems so 
> elementary that I should have the independence to get
that information 
> myself.
>>
>> Interesting question, Harold. It is saved as a FF
web page. Any file with 
>> the extension "htm" or "html"
is seen by your computer as a web page. In 
>> your case the icon shows as IE, because IE is
currently your default 
>> browser (Sometimes this gets screwed up when you
change browsers). If you 
>> set FF as your default browser, the icons will
change, but there will be 
>> no change in the file at all.
>
>> The larger point is that the icons are just a
convenience. They show 
>> which program will open a given file by default,
but you can always use 
>> the Right-click "Open with" option to
open a file in another program, or 
>> just open the program first, then navigate to the
file in question. Many 
>> long time Windows users have no idea of this
concept, and I don't know 
>> why. ---  Hugh Vandervoort
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