Solved Can't Set Vivaldi as Default Browser - Doesn't show in Windows 10's Menu of Default Web Browsers
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Hello - Need your help BIG-TIME!!
I have been a VIVALDI user forever - since Vivaldi was a beta program.
I recently had some problems opening Vivaldi from external programs. One of the support websites (not yours) suggested that I change the designated windows 10 default browser to another web browser (Chrome, for example), then immediately change back to Vivaldi. They said that would cure the problem.
I did that - but now I can't change back to Vivaldi!!
What happens is this: When I open Vivaldi now, it notifies me that Vivaldi is not set as my "default browser". And gives me a "set as default" link to set Vivaldi as my default browser. Fair enough.
However, when I hit the "set as default" link, it takes me to the Windows 10 Default Apps page. But when I scroll down and open the "Web Browser" link to set Vivaldi as my web browser again, Vivaldi is not offered as a possible default web browser! Just Chrome, Edge, and "Look for an App in the Microsoft Store".
I have tried re-starting my computer. Going into the Windows 10 "Choose default apps by protocol" and "Set Default by App" and highlighting Vivaldi there - but none of it made a difference.
Now whenever I open Vivaldi, it notifies me that Vivaldi is not my default brower and sends me back to Windows 10 Default Apps page. And when I open Web Browser, Vivaldi is not listed as a possible default Web Browser choice.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!! I AM DESPERATE TO GET BACK TO VIVALDI.
Thanks
Robert
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@RobertCohen27 A standalone installation of Vivaldi is one where, when installing it, you chose the "advanced" option in the installation dialogue for Vivaldi and in the resulting window chose "standalone." This is an installation mode where one can install multiple instances of the browser and run them all separately, both the Application sub-folder and the User Data sub-folder are in the same folder, in a location of your choosing. If you don't know what this is, since it's something you pretty much have to do on purpose, you probably don't have a standalone instance.
So the only thing I can recommend is to go to settings - apps - default apps in Windows 10, scroll down through the default apps that it shows to the links that say "Choose Default Apps by File Type" and "Choose Default Apps by Protocol" go to each of these links one at a time, and scroll down the lists of File Types (in the one case) and Protocols (in the other) and every place that you see the icon for a browser displayed, click on it and substitute in the Vivaldi browser from the resulting list. After having set Vivaldi as my default browser on multiple occasions, and having had it always work, this latest time I tried to set it, Windows would not acknowledge that I had done so. Therefore, I had to go the "Choose default by File Type and by Protocol," to get it to work.
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@RobertCohen27 Windows 10 is completely awful in this department. The ONLY programs it reliably and always recognizes as being eligible to be default are MS programs. Other apps might be recognized or might not, from one installation to the next, on a totally hit-or-miss basis.
If your instance is a standalone installation, I recommend you run the installer again and make sure the "permit standalone to be assigned as default" box or whatever the installer says along those lines, is checked. Then try again.
If that doesn't work, go to the Windows Settings page that lets you assign programs to file types and protocols, and pick your Vivaldi install for every single one of these that is relevant to a browser (one way to tell is if a file type or protocol is already assigned to any browser - change it to Vivaldi. It will then behave as the default browser.
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@RobertCohen27 Just to see if this could be a solution, at the bottom of the Default Apps page, can you click on "Choose default app by file type" (sorry, translated from FR version so I don't know how it's called in EN).
There, scroll down to .html and .htm and see if you can define it there? -
@Ayespy Thanks for the response. I am not that computer savvy, so please help me understand this. Sorry - give me a few minutes. This message got away from me. And I don't know how to delete it.
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@Ayespy "if your instance, is a standalone installation" - sorry, are you asking about Windows 10 or Vivaldi? And when you say run installer, what is an installer.
Do you mean run vivaldi again? Do I first uninstall Vivaldi and start over. What about my second laptop that is synched to this laptop. And I have 100's of bookmarks and other "sites/history/etc" saved over 8 years plus of using Vivaldi.
Your second option doesn't make a difference. I tried it - it doesn't set Vivaldi to behave as default browser.
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@Ornorm . I tried this. Unfortunately, it doesn't cure the problem. Thanks for suggestion. I thought it might work, but didn't make a difference.
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@RobertCohen27 Standalone installation refers to Vivaldi (did you install Vivaldi like so or did you install it as standalone (see Standalone version of Vivaldi for more details).
And he refers to this (where you can check the "Make standalone Vivaldi available as a default app) :
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@RobertCohen27 A standalone installation of Vivaldi is one where, when installing it, you chose the "advanced" option in the installation dialogue for Vivaldi and in the resulting window chose "standalone." This is an installation mode where one can install multiple instances of the browser and run them all separately, both the Application sub-folder and the User Data sub-folder are in the same folder, in a location of your choosing. If you don't know what this is, since it's something you pretty much have to do on purpose, you probably don't have a standalone instance.
So the only thing I can recommend is to go to settings - apps - default apps in Windows 10, scroll down through the default apps that it shows to the links that say "Choose Default Apps by File Type" and "Choose Default Apps by Protocol" go to each of these links one at a time, and scroll down the lists of File Types (in the one case) and Protocols (in the other) and every place that you see the icon for a browser displayed, click on it and substitute in the Vivaldi browser from the resulting list. After having set Vivaldi as my default browser on multiple occasions, and having had it always work, this latest time I tried to set it, Windows would not acknowledge that I had done so. Therefore, I had to go the "Choose default by File Type and by Protocol," to get it to work.
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@Ayespy SUCCESS! SUCCESS!
I am back up and running.
Thank you very much Ayespy. All thanks go to you.
I followed your instructions - and went back to the Choose Default Apps by File Type" and "Choose Default Apps by Protocol" and I hit ever FRIGGING LINK I could find and substituted Vivaldi as the Browser. I mean EVERY PLACE.
And I am back to normal. Thank you Ayespy!!
And a shout-out to Ornorm for his assistance. His suggestions echoed Ayespy's instructions. He was right on as well.
Love you guys!!! VIVALDI RULES!
Now if I could just solve this little problem with Vivaldi not opening when I hit a link in an external program, I would be forever grateful. But honestly, I am so thankful to be back on Vivaldi, that problem I can live with, if need be.
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@Ornorm Thanks again. That was kind of you to come to my assistance. And you were advice was correct, right from the outset. Thanks. Robert
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Great news! Happy that you're back in "the game".
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@RobertCohen27 said in Can't Set Vivaldi as Default Browser - Doesn't show in Windows 10's Menu of Default Web Browsers:Vivaldi not opening when I hit a link in an external program
I think you'll have to go back into the "Choose default app by file type" to verify if .htm, .html and .mht are set to Vivaldi. (I remember I had to add one of those htm? (don't know) to have Vivaldi work for an external application)
(Same for "Choose default app by protocol" to verify if HTTP HTTPS but that should already be the case)
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@Ornorm Great! Thanks - I will give it a try. Its after midnight here. So I will look at it tomorrow. What you are saying make sense.
I hate to go back, though, and make any further changes now that I have Vivaldi set as default again. I don't want to risk screwing the settings up again. (With my stupid luck. . . .)
What I may do is try it out first on my backup laptop. If I recall, I experienced the same problem on my that laptop as well.
Thanks again Ornorm. Off to bed. Will try tomorrow, and let you know if it works. Robert
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@RobertCohen27 You're welcome. Have a good night!
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@Ornorm You know I couldn't go to bed without trying it out. My backup laptop is fine as it. I don't have any problem opening Vivaldi from external programs.
So I went ahead on my main laptop. But .htm, .html and .mht are already set to Vivaldi. Same with HTTP/HTTPS. So that doesn't work.
Tomorrow, when I have the time I may set my laptops, side by side, and go down each and every file/type and protocol and compare settings to see if I can deduce what setting is mis-configured . That is worth a shot.
Once thing: When Vivaldi is already open, hitting the link in the external program, causes Vivaldi to open the link right away. Its only when Vivaldi is closed, that Vivaldi is unresponsive, when I try to open the link. I don;t know if that makes a difference.
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@RobertCohen27 Can you tell us if all programs are affected or just one in particular? (I had the issue with Outlook in the past)
But, I don't want to keep you awake... go to sleep
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@Ornorm All the programs are affected! Vivaldi will not open up when I click on a link inside external programs. Period. I probably opened 12 -15 programs, then clicked the link in the program to go to their websites. Nothing happened. Vivaldi never responded. Never opened up. Robert
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@RobertCohen27 Do you run any 3rd party security software? That can sometimes block a handoff.
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@Ayespy I use Kaspersky Internet Security - but I have been using KIS for the past 15 years. Malware Malwarebytes as well, ditto for the past 15 years. This problem with Vivaldi only happened within the last two-four weeks.
I keep thinking it has something to do with a recent Vivaldi update or a Windows 10 update. Because for years, I never had this problem. And yet my other laptop on my desk is fine. No issues with Vivaldi opening when I hit a link in an external program.
I also have is Windows Defender (which is built into Windows 10), but I think that takes a backseat to KIS. I don't ever look at the settings on it.
Thanks. Appreciate your help on this. Robert
Hey, Ayespy - maybe we should set this as a separate topic. So other people who have the same problem can spot it from the topic heading. I am surely not the only one with this issue. Just a thought. . . .Robert
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@RobertCohen27 said in Can't Set Vivaldi as Default Browser - Doesn't show in Windows 10's Menu of Default Web Browsers:
but I have been using KIS for the past 15 years
Don't ever rely on this fact. 3rd party security software has a habit of identifying Vivaldi updates as completely new and therefore untrusted software, when it never did so in the past. Worse still, sometimes the only way to get 3P security software from blocking Vivaldi operations is to uninstall it. "Disabling" it does not turn off background operations.
But it would be interesting to know if Vivaldi could be launched from another app with Kaspersky out of the mix. If an uninstall of Kaspersky is necessary, it can obviously be reinstalled a short time after.
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@RobertCohen27 You could also consider to ask for KIS tech support being an ol' time user
