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When you set browser which is not installed on your OS (e.g. Mozilla in my case) and some code calls HtmlBrowser.URLDisplayer.getDefault().showURL(url), obsolete message (which point to setting in old option dialog) is shown. Should be updated.
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 62794 ***
v/c