Since one of the recent upgrades I can no longer successfully launch
Firefox by clicking on a link in Tbird. If I click a link without FF
running FF doesn't appear and neither can I then launch FF from the
Start menu. In Task Manager there is a firefox.exe process that is
created with just over 10Mb size. If I terminate that process and open
FF from the Start menu it loads normally with a size of about 75Mb and
then if I click a link in TB it opens normally. I am struggling to
understand why the call routine in Tbird would do anything different
from running from the Start Menu. Versions being run are FF2.0.0.11 and
TB2.0.0.9
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Tony
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has
taken place"
George Bernard Shaw
Open Windows Explorer
Tools>>Folder Options>>File types
Scroll down to HTM.
Click on "Advanced", then on "open", then on "Edit"
The Application Window should look like:
C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE -requestPending -osint -url "%1"
The {-url "%1"} are critical.
Click on the use DDE box and then enter
"%1",,0,0,,,,
in the DDE Message box
OK your way out.
Do the same for HTML
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Irwin
Please do not use my email address to make requests for help.
Knowledge Base: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Main_Page
It is the default browser and has been for several years now. This
problem has only recently occurred but I have been running FF & TB for
many years.
Thanks. I don't get the Advanced option on HTM or HTML extensions
although its present for other extensions. On those two particular file
types it is replaced by a Restore button. Not sure though how that
would explain a partial launch that stalls at 10Mb process size.
Do links still fail?
I've found a simple way to do this:
Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced tab -> Configuration Editor
Right-click and create a new entry ("string") with name:
* network.protocol-handler.app.http*
It's possible that the entry exists and you only have to edit it.
and value:
*/usr/bin/firefox
*or the place where your firefox is (mine is Linux).
Do the same for https and ftp.
Close.
That's it. Enjoy it.