<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Kenneth Loafman wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:47BDE61F.30501@loafman.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Mario Vukelic wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 06:51 -0600, Kenneth Loafman wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I has many many problems, but the main one is that you can't launch a URL from Thunderbird, or elsewhere. You have to copy&paste the URL into the browser windows. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I don't use Thunderbird, but I can launch URLs from other apps. Is your Preferred Applications set correctly (in menu System -> Preferences)? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I found that just a bit ago. The issue must be in the installer that upgraded from Firefox 2 to 3. URL launching was working before the install and broken afterwards. I had not looked at Preferred Apps in months, but when I looked today, it was set on Custom, pointing to a file that did not exist. When I changed it back to Firefox, all was well with the world. OK, maybe not that wide, but at least I don't feel like I was just downgraded to an AOL user. ;-) ...Ken </pre> </blockquote> In Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Config Editor check for lines: network.protocol-handler.app.http and network.protocol-handler.app.https They should both be strings and be set to "firefox" (without quotes) or whatever command brings up FF3... <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Blessings Wulfmann Wulf Credo: Respect the elders. Teach the young. Co-operate with the pack. Play when you can. Hunt when you must. Rest in between. Share your affections. Voice your opinion. Leave your Mark. Copyright July 17, 1988 by Del Goetz</pre> </body> </html>