[CoLoCo] Can't Open URLs in Thunderbird

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

network.protocol-handler.app.http is missing from about.config in my 
version of Thunderbird!  My version is 2.0.0.16 (20080724)

Nelson Ingersoll wrote:
> Until recently I had the same problem.  I made sure, as you have, that 
> Hardy was associated as the default browser in System Settings.  It 
> didn't help.  Look  in Thunderbird's about:config.  In 
> Preferences/General/Config Editor find 
> "network.protocol-handler.app.http" and make sure it also points to the 
> correct version of FireFox.  Initially, for me, it was pointing to the 
> absolute path to the older FireFox2 image.  I changed it to "firefox" 
> and that appears to be wokring.
>
> Good luck.
>
> - Nelson
>
> Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
>   
>> In Kubuntu 8.04 I have Thunderbird and Firefox 3.  I've set Thunderbird 
>> and Firefox as the preferred applications in the System Settings screen 
>> and also set Firefox as the default web browser in its settings yet when 
>> I click on a link in Thunderbird the browser doesn't start and when its 
>> open the URL doesn't come up in Firefix.  I have to manually copy and 
>> paste the URL.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>     
>
>
>   


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