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Google Chrome no longer opens local HTML files when I double click them

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202621847 views
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I must have done something to Google Chrome on my Mac. Local HTML files, even though they are associated with Chrome, do not actually open in Chrome anymore when I double click them. For example, double clicking an HTML file on my desktop will launch Chrome, but the browser window will not display …

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Fix for: Google Chrome no longer opens local HTML files when I double click them

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I fixed this by changing default 'open with' option on the Mac from Chrome to Firefox and then putting it back to Chrome.

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