Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
The intended method of using a non-default browser is well documented and the
OP did exactly the right thing. However, even if Opera is present, the 'right
thing' does not work because nothing but iexplorer gets registered (and that
not completely usefully),
Éric Araujo added the comment:
Hello. This tracker is used to report bugs and file feature requests for
Python itself, not request help (mailing list such as
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/ are appropriate venues to ask for
for help). I’m changing your question to a bug report