Web links within programs open browser blank page

[videobruce]

I don't use IE, I use Opera portable
It was not registered as the default browser which it is now,
Clinking on web links within applications (help & support links for example) opens the browser ok, but only to my start page, not to the intended web page.
Also, when I click on a HTML file, it does the same thing. Opens the browser to the start page, not the file.

It's not recognizing the link or the file.

I went through the URL Associations etc. in the registry and they all point to Opera. Protocols point to Opera also. I was successful the 1st time I tried this, but I don't remember exactly how that was different that this time. (I had to load a recent backup image for other unrelated problems left over from a bloated program I couldn't clean out).

Any ideas??

 

Original info from here;

http://superuser.com/questions/368814/how-do-i-change-my-default-browser-to-an-unlisted-program-in-windows-7

[GrofLuigi]

Here's what I have on those two locations and everything is working fine (Opera Presto, normall install a long time ago):

REGEDIT4[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice]"Progid"="Opera.Protocol"[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\https\UserChoice]"Progid"="Opera.Protocol"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Opera]@="Opera"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Opera\Capabilities]"ApplicationDescription"="The Best Internet Experience on any device""ApplicationIcon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Opera\\Opera.dll\",0""ApplicationName"="Opera Web browser"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Opera\Capabilities\FileAssociations]".htm"="Opera.HTML"".html"="Opera.HTML"".xht"="Opera.HTML"".xhtm"="Opera.HTML"".xhtml"="Opera.HTML"".mht"="Opera.HTML"".mhtml"="Opera.HTML"".xml"="Opera.HTML"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Opera\Capabilities\Startmenu]"StartMenuInternet"="Opera"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Opera\Capabilities\UrlAssociations]"http"="Opera.Protocol""https"="Opera.Protocol""ftp"="Opera.Protocol""mailto"="Opera.Protocol""nntp"="Opera.Protocol""news"="Opera.Protocol""snews"="Opera.Protocol"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Opera\DefaultIcon]@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Opera\\Opera.exe\",0"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Opera\InstallInfo]"ShowIconsCommand"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Opera\\Opera.exe\" /ShowIconsCommand""HideIconsCommand"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Opera\\Opera.exe\" /HideIconsCommand""ReinstallCommand"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Opera\\Opera.exe\" /ReInstallBrowser""IconsVisible"=dword:00000001[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Opera\shell\open\command]@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Opera\\Opera.exe\""

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