Help.. firefox will only open using Binary File (896 KB)?

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I tried to download a game for my grandson today. Something popped up and asked what I wanted to use to open it. I clicked on IE but then changed it to Firefox. Now I cannot open anything the way I used to. All my desktop icon have the IE symbol. When I try to open Firefox I have to click 'open with' then click firefox. It opens but there is a box saying something about Binary File (896 KB). I x out of that box then firefox will open.

Update:

Thanks for the detailed help but it didn't work. Almost everything on my desktop now has a firefox icon. When I try to open them, they don't open as themselves, they want to open as Firefox. My task bar has all firefox icons also.

eric e · Accepted Answer

What you did was change the 'default' program to run certain things. 

In otherwords, it's a simple fix.  
If you're running Windows 7 (when you log in to your user name after turning the computer on, it will state what version you have at the bottom of the screen), hit the start button (the Windows logo) and click default programs.  Click the top option 'Set your Default options', wait for it to load, and click on firefox.  Then select 'set this program as default'.  Should fix your issue.

If you aren't on windows 7, the steps are similar, but I couldn't tell you off the top of my head.


I think this is what's going on, though the last part of what you said didn't make sense to me.

Anonymous · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

"Restore your computer to an earlier time", before these events.
Finding that depends on which OS you use; add details, and/or possibly post a Q asking how that's done.

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Help.. firefox will only open using Binary File (896 KB)?

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