Firefox links in Thunderbird

[wulf109]

How do I get Firefox links to open in Thunderbird when I click on them. They used to work but stopped working in the current versions.

[minidv2dvd]

are you referring to email addresses?

[dragonkeeper]

Are you referring to URL addresses contained in email?

[wulf109]

Thunderbird emails may contain a URL which I open in Firefox by clicking the URL in Thunderbird email. That no longer works. I cannot open a URL link in Thunderbird email and launch Firefox.

[jagabo]

Make sure Firefox is set as your default browser. Firefox: Options -> Advanced (toolbar) -> General (tab) -> System Defaults -> Always check to see if Firefix is the default browser on startup.

[minidv2dvd]

does a t-bird link open any browser or do nothing?

[wulf109]

Nothing

[aedipuss]

if you right click on the link in t-bird and select "open link in browser" does it?

[wulf109]

NO

[aedipuss]

sounds like jag was on the right track. windows doesn't think you have a browser. try control panel - default programs - and set your default browser. you may need to reboot to have it work.

[wulf109]

Firefox was the only browser I had. It's still giving me the attack site warning,so I added Opera and it doesn't give me the warning. Firefox is my default browser and I rebooted and the url email link is still not working. The option to check very time I start Firefox is checked in options. I had googled this problem and there were many opions on how to correct it but none worked. I searched Firefox help and found nothing.

[wulf109]

This worked on earlier versions of Firefox/Thunderbird. I wonder would installing older version help?

[aedipuss]

the latest versions work fine here on win7, vista and xp. i'd uninstall and re-install both programs. installing opera may have caused the problem if it put itself as default browser, but i have firefox, chrome, safari, and i.e. installed, with links still working in t-bird.

[Hoser Rob]

Which version of firefox? 13 just came out yesterday.

[jagabo]

I'm using Firefox 13 and Thunderbird 13. Links in email is working fine in Thunderbird.