Catch 22 Default Apps

[Clark]

Wulfy wrote:
> Clark wrote:
>   
>> I am in an difficult spot, when I use default applications (setup) in 
>> System Settings to set email and Firefox it doesn't seem to work, so I 
>> select the Help menu, this tells me there is no documentation for this 
>> function, next I select the on line help, it doesn't give me a www 
>> address, it tries to connect me (very nice if it did) but as it can't 
>> find Firefox it kindly tells me so "can't find Firefox. 
>> Can someone help me break out of this cycle?
>>
>> Clark.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Type "about:config" into FF's address bar.
>
> Search for:
>
> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto
>
> It's a string...  set it to your mail apps name [mine says "thunderbird"]
>   
does this mean I append the word thunderbird to the line

network.protocol-handler.app.mailto

for Email default and create another line and append the word Firefox 
for my browser default,  my confusion grows greater.

Perhaps a word about the function of these 2 lines may help.

> Below it is:
>
> network.protocol-handler.expose.mailto
>
> Boolean.  set to "true".
>
> All without the quotes, of course.
>
> HTH
>
>   

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