Multiple windows from outside links (Thunderbird, etc)

jkoebel · Post by **jkoebel** » June 16th, 2004, 8:00 am

awesome, works.

I appended CritterNYC's post to the Bugzilla announcement, hopefully give whoever reads that a boost in the right direction.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 16th, 2004, 8:30 am

I'm seeing this issue with FF .9 as my default browser and double clicking internet shortcuts on the desktop or attempting to go to websites using my RUN box. I get an error, "Windows cannot find www.xxxx.xx ......" but FF still opens to the correct site.

The workaround mentioned above, fixed it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 16th, 2004, 8:33 am

I'm seeing this issue with FF .9 as my default browser and double clicking internet shortcuts on the desktop or attempting to go to websites using my RUN box. I get an error, "Windows cannot find www.xxxx.xx ......" but FF still opens to the correct site.

The workaround mentioned above, fixed it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 16th, 2004, 8:40 am

I'm seeing this issue with FF .9 (XPH) as my default browser and double clicking internet shortcuts on the desktop or attempting to go to websites using my RUN box. I get an error, "Windows cannot find www.xxxx.xx ......" but FF still opens to the correct site.

The workaround mentioned above, fixed it.

Flinx · Post by **Flinx** » June 16th, 2004, 11:56 am

I am using Thunderbird 0.6
I do not get two windows with Firefox 0.9, but what I do det is a new window for every link. This is VERY annoying. I want the link to open in the active window/tab like 0.8 and every other browser. ARG!!!!

Mitch Gant · Post by **Mitch Gant** » June 16th, 2004, 12:30 pm

Whenever I click on a link in Thunderbird, IE opens instead of Firefox - could this be the same problem??

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 16th, 2004, 12:44 pm

the problem is..

firefox 0.9 ALWAYS open the links in third programs in a new windows instad of in the active window/tab

is a BIG bug....

I think that I´ll come back to 0.8

xororand · Post by **xororand** » June 16th, 2004, 4:26 pm

After upgrading to Firefox 0.9 / Thunderbird 0.7 (OS=WindowsXP Pro) I had the problem that clicking on a link in Thunderbird caused Firefox to load the URL in the active window/tab although the ..useDDE... chrome setting was set to false.

This has fixed it:

CritterNYC wrote:Looks like their may be a problem with the way Firefox registers itself to handle urls in Windows or an issue with DDE messaging. A workaround for now:

1. Open Explorer
2. Select Tools and then Folder Options
3. Select the File Types tab
4. Select Extension: (NONE), File Type: HyperText Transfer Protocol
5. Click Advanced toward the bottom of the window
6. In the Edit File Type window, select open and click Edit
7. Clear the DDE message box (which should contain "%1")
8. Click OK, Click OK
9. Repeat for File Type: HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy

Thanks a lot, CritterNYC.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 16th, 2004, 4:40 pm

Anonymous wrote:the problem is..

firefox 0.9 ALWAYS open the links in third programs in a new windows instad of in the active window/tab

is a BIG bug....

I think that I´ll come back to 0.8

i did the fix that was recommended and it stopped opening two windows instead of one

i downloaded the tabbed browser extension and sellected in Advanced Use "Open in New Tab Always Any page load from other applicaitons"

Now if I am in Outlook and follow a link, it opens as a new hilighted tab in Firefox and switches full focus to the page - no extra keystroke neccessary

Flinx · Post by **Flinx** » June 16th, 2004, 4:47 pm

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:the problem is..
firefox 0.9 ALWAYS open the links in third programs in a new windows instad of in the active window/tab
is a BIG bug....
I think that I´ll come back to 0.8

i did the fix that was recommended and it stopped opening two windows instead of one
i downloaded the tabbed browser extension and sellected in Advanced Use "Open in New Tab Always Any page load from other applicaitons"
Now if I am in Outlook and follow a link, it opens as a new hilighted tab in Firefox and switches full focus to the page - no extra keystroke neccessary

Why should we need to do a manual fix AND load a extension to bet the program to behave how it is supposed to?!?!

Metrox · Post by **Metrox** » June 16th, 2004, 4:53 pm

I have the same problem - win2k, Thunderbird, Firefox 0.9. Didn't have the problem with FF 0.8

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 16th, 2004, 7:40 pm

Thanks, Critter, for the workaround! Much appreciated.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 16th, 2004, 7:51 pm

Hope they fix this one fast. I'm having the same problem with OUtlook 2003, Windows XP. When I first installed and I would click on a link I would get the link coming up in Firefox .9 but also the dialogue box looking for a "link browser" and a exe file. Unfortunately I steered it to Firefox's executable, now everytime I click on the link I get the browser opening the link twice. AHHHRRGGG.

CritterNYC · Post by **CritterNYC** » June 16th, 2004, 10:51 pm

Ok folks... this is now a bug in bugtraq (I marked my original as a duplicate of this):
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=246078

You can track it from there, if you're so inclined. You'll see me posting as my full name on there (John Haller).

I've also posted a workaround as a .REG file that should fix the issue on affected installations. It should automatically fix the http, https, ftp and gopher handlers:
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/firefox_bug_246078.asp

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 17th, 2004, 1:44 am

I tried using the reg edit file, but links from other programs such as eprompter, copernic still open in a different window, not the same tab/window that I have opened.