Qua Posted September 12, 2016 Report Posted September 12, 2016 I am using Windows 10 and I found Maxthon 5 simply does not appear in my system's browser list as you can see below: And as a result 'Set as default browser' button in the menu is not working - after clicking it and choosing to allow the browser to make changes to the device, the system's default web browser becomes empty. I have tried reinstall Maxthon 5 but it's still not showing up in the list. And since the default browser function is not working I have to turn off the 'Keep Maxthon as the default browser' setting to avoid that annoying user account control notification. Anyway thank you for your guy's work and hope this issue will be fixed soon. Regards
BugSir006 Posted September 22, 2016 Report Posted September 22, 2016 Hi Qua, thanks for reporting and your encouragement. May I ask which Maxthon version are your using? Look forward to your reply and then I'll let our test team to test this issue on their Win10 device. Wish you a nice day, dear. (Smily face)
AaronX Posted September 23, 2016 Report Posted September 23, 2016 I am facing much the same issue after this week's large Windows 10 update. I'm running v5.0.1.1200. I've tried manually setting M5 as the default browser within Windows Settings but it does not save the setting; likewise the 'Set as default browser' option in Maxthon's menu doesn't work. Everything is opening in Edge by default! Save me!
MrChat Posted September 23, 2016 Report Posted September 23, 2016 By the way. The same issue is observed with MX 4.9.3.1000 after upgrading Windows 10 to Anniversary Update - Windows 10 version 1607 build 14393.187.
QIK5L Posted September 23, 2016 Report Posted September 23, 2016 Maxthon appeared in the default browser list after a restart for me after I upgraded to the anniversary update on both of my computers.
AaronX Posted September 24, 2016 Report Posted September 24, 2016 20 hours ago, QIK5L said: Maxthon appeared in the default browser list after a restart for me after I upgraded to the anniversary update on both of my computers. It appears in my list, but won't set. Then again, I just tried to set Chrome as the default and that doesn't seem to actually set, either.
mutilator Posted September 24, 2016 Report Posted September 24, 2016 Glad its not just me that getting this issue. If it was not for the games/apps I would have ditched windows a long long time ago. Hoping the maxthon 5 team can get a fix sorted out as it is really irritating having edge .... default itself every so often.
Galileusz Posted September 24, 2016 Report Posted September 24, 2016 On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Qua said: I am using Windows 10 and I found Maxthon 5 simply does not appear in my system's browser list as you can see below: Have you tried this method? It works for me well. Set your default programs For Edge you have to deselect
mutilator Posted September 25, 2016 Report Posted September 25, 2016 Ive tried the above before and yes it does change it but after a hour or so it defaults back to edge and that the same on a reboot.
Qua Posted September 26, 2016 Author Report Posted September 26, 2016 On 9/22/2016 at 3:48 AM, BugSir006 said: Hi Qua, thanks for reporting and your encouragement. May I ask which Maxthon version are your using? Look forward to your reply and then I'll let our test team to test this issue on their Win10 device. Wish you a nice day, dear. (Smily face) I am using MX5 v5.0.1.1200, and it seems this issue happened after some Windows 10 updates. (don't remember which one specifically) Anyway as far as I know some apps don't have this problem in the latest Windows 10 such like Potplayer, which can choose file association during/after setup and won't get reset by the system, and it also appears in the default app list. So I think maybe it can be a good sample for your guys to figure out the solution. Regards
Galileusz Posted September 27, 2016 Report Posted September 27, 2016 On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 8:43 PM, QIK5L said: Maxthon appeared in the default browser list after a restart for me after I upgraded to the anniversary update on both of my computers. I found a temporary solution that should fix these problems. As long as Microsoft will not fix it. Apart from that, there are more interesting articles about Winows 10 http://winaero.com/blog/prevent-windows-10-from-resetting-your-default-apps/ Here, a similar description http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/edge-hijack-pdf-htm-associations/ Note that this also hides Microsoft Edge in the Open With dialog boxes for the corresponding file types, but still shown in the Default Programs (Classic) listing. And that's a better way. This can be done using group policies and program Dism. In this way, you can force a permanent setting of default programs. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/internet-explorer/ie11-deploy-guide/set-the-default-browser-using-group-policy http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8744-default-app-associations-export-import-new-users-windows.html
AaronX Posted September 30, 2016 Report Posted September 30, 2016 On 24/09/2016 at 10:09 PM, Galileusz said: Have you tried this method? It works for me well. Set your default programs For Edge you have to deselect Thanks for sharing this method. Somehow I'd missed that set of options. After selecting them it's solved the problem for me: Maxthon is the default browser again, and remains so after restart, shut down, and even a further Windows update today. Hopefully the issue does not reoccur.
BugSir006 Posted October 8, 2016 Report Posted October 8, 2016 Hi all, our developers are looking into it now. It seems a problem in Microsoft system, and we are still investigating. So thank you all for posting and discussing. Thanks for your patience, we are searching for a solution and will tell you later. Wish you all a nice day.
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