How to make web icon open with specific browser?

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Published on 2010-03-22T03:00:20Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 3:11 UTC
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I have an icon on my desktop for a website called QUAKE LIVE and I use Google Chrome as my default browser. The website isn't compatible with Google Chrome, but it with Mozilla Firefox. Is there any way to edit the properties of the icon to open with Firefox instead of Chrome?

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