Unable to open Thunderbird message links in FireFox

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deebee09
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Unable to open Thunderbird message links in FireFox

Post by deebee09 »

I had trouble with Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 to open message links using the latest installs of FireFox 2.0.0.11. I think it may have something to do with the latest Windows XP security updates from last week.

I finally got things to work correctly. I uninstalled FireFox and Thunderbird and re-installed them. This did nothing. Finally I made Internet Explorer the default browser, opened it to check if it worked. Next I opened FireFox and made it my default browser and now it works.
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Post by Daifne »

Moving to Thunderbird Support. This is NOT a Thunderbird bug. If anything, it's a Windows bug.
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Re: Unable to open Thunderbird message links in FireFox

Post by ingolfhertel »

deebee09 wrote:I had trouble with Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 to open message links using the latest installs of FireFox 2.0.0.11. I think it may have something to do with the latest Windows XP security updates from last week.

I finally got things to work correctly. I uninstalled FireFox and Thunderbird and re-installed them. This did nothing. Finally I made Internet Explorer the default browser, opened it to check if it worked. Next I opened FireFox and made it my default browser and now it works.


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I had exactly the same problem. In addition, google desktop did not find FireFox as browser. I followed your instructions and this worked. Now everything is operates as it should
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Post by Fundi »

ingolfhertel wrote:
deebee09 wrote:I had trouble with Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 to open message links using the latest installs of FireFox 2.0.0.11. I think it may have something to do with the latest Windows XP security updates from last week.

I finally got things to work correctly. I uninstalled FireFox and Thunderbird and re-installed them. This did nothing. Finally I made Internet Explorer the default browser, opened it to check if it worked. Next I opened FireFox and made it my default browser and now it works.


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I had exactly the same problem. In addition, google desktop did not find FireFox as browser. I followed your instructions and this worked. Now everything is operates as it should
I also had this problem, and I can't describe the different fixes I've tried over the past 2 days. Finding this solution borders on the miraculous - thanks so much!!!
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Post by Arlayn »

I disagree this is a Windows problem. I am running Xandros and am experiencing the same problem. Therefore I have to surmise the problem is the result of a recent update to Firefox and/or Thunderbird.

I am running Firefox ver 2.0.0.6 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6)

and Thunderbird ver 2.0.0.6 (20070728)

It would be great if those "in the know" would look a little more closely at this bug instead of dismissing it out of hand as a Windows issue. : )
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Post by Fundi »

Anonymous wrote:I disagree this is a Windows problem. I am running Xandros and am experiencing the same problem. Therefore I have to surmise the problem is the result of a recent update to Firefox and/or Thunderbird.

I am running Firefox ver 2.0.0.6 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6)

and Thunderbird ver 2.0.0.6 (20070728)

It would be great if those "in the know" would look a little more closely at this bug instead of dismissing it out of hand as a Windows issue. : )
I'm not sure where the problem lies - I'm runnings Firefox 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird 2.0.0.9, and the problem occurred soon after the upgrade from Firefox 2.0.0.11 - It follows that the Firefox upgrade is the culprit, but I'm not expert enough to make that determination. I found, and attempted other 'fixes', including some changes in about:config in both Firefox and Thunderbird, but the only thing that worked, in the end, was making IE my default browser, then switching back to FF, and everything seemed to return to normal.
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txals
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Post by txals »

I had the same problem under Linux, and solved it by adding these two lines in the preferences file (prefs.js):

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http","/opt/firefox/firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https","/opt/firefox/firefox");

If firefox is not installed in /opt/firefox, simply change this by the corresponding path.
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Post by "poor" rich i »

Setting IE as the default and then changing to Firefox did the trick for me.Thanks for the help.
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