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When I right click a .php file in Windows explorer, and hover over "Open with", it displays my regular Firefox, but not Firefox Developer Edition as an option.

If I select "Choose default program...", click "Browse...", navigate to "Program Files (x86)\Firefox Developer Edition" and select firefox.exe, it still shows the regular Firefox icon, and will still open with the regular Firefox.

I think the issue is that both programs are called firefox.exe. Is there some way I can fix this behavior?

nHaskins
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Since both editions of Firefox uses the same executable name, this problem happens. As a workaround, you may use add the Firefox Developer Edition to the "Send To" dialog, using these steps:

Click Start, type shell:sendto and press {ENTER} The Send To folder opens. Create a shortcut to Firefox Developer Edition in the Send To folder.

You can simply right-click on a .PHP file, click "Send To", and choose Firefox Developer Edition.

Ramesh
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I don't have Firefox Developer Edition installed but hopefully this will work:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.php\OpenWithList\Firefox.exe]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.php\OpenWithList\FirefoxDE.exe]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Firefox.exe\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\Firefox.exe \"%1\""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\FirefoxDE.exe\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Firefox Developer Edition\\Firefox.exe \"%1\""

Edit the paths to the two Firefox executables if they are incorrect, then save as a .REG file, double-click and import.

Karan
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