On 10/9/2007 5:37 PM, kajohnson9@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm running TB2.0.0.6 and I have just installed it on a new machine
> under XP Pro. I have the following problem:
>
> When I click on a link (http://....) in an email message, Firefox
> doesn't automatically open up to that link. I have to copy link
> location and paste into Firefox. This works on my other machine. What
> don't I have set up right?
>
> Any help you cane give me is appreciated.
>
> Keith Johnson
>
Close FF. Make some other browser (e.g., IE) default. Close the other
browser. Open FF and make it default. Does this solve your problem?
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Irwin Greenwald wrote:
> On 10/9/2007 5:37 PM, kajohnson9@gmail.com wrote:
>> I'm running TB2.0.0.6 and I have just installed it on a new
>> machine under XP Pro. I have the following problem:
>>
>> When I click on a link (http://....) in an email message, Firefox
>> doesn't automatically open up to that link. I have to copy link
>> location and paste into Firefox. This works on my other machine.
>> What don't I have set up right?
>>
>> Any help you cane give me is appreciated.
>>
>> Keith Johnson
>>
> Close FF. Make some other browser (e.g., IE) default. Close the
> other browser. Open FF and make it default. Does this solve your
> problem?

.... some additional methods to set FF as default browser
"http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_browser#Windows"

On Oct 9, 5:56 pm, Irwin Greenwald wrote:
> On 10/9/2007 5:37 PM, kajohns...@gmail.com wrote:> I'm running TB2.0.0.6 and I have just installed it on a new machine
> > under XP Pro. I have the following problem:
>
> > When I click on a link (http://....) in an email message, Firefox
> > doesn't automatically open up to that link. I have to copy link
> > location and paste into Firefox. This works on my other machine. What
> > don't I have set up right?
>
> > Any help you cane give me is appreciated.
>
> > Keith Johnson
>
> Close FF. Make some other browser (e.g., IE) default. Close the other
> browser. Open FF and make it default. Does this solve your problem?
> --
> Irwin
>
> Please do not use my email address to make requests for help.
> Knowledge Base:http://kb.mozillazine.org/Main_Page

Irwin,

Yes, that worked. Why, I don't know, because I already had FF as my
default. But setting IE as default and then resetting FF as default
worked fine. I'm up and running. Thanks,
Keith

On 10/10/2007 8:03 AM, kajohnson9@gmail.com wrote:
> On Oct 9, 5:56 pm, Irwin Greenwald wrote:
>> On 10/9/2007 5:37 PM, kajohns...@gmail.com wrote:> I'm running TB2.0.0.6 and I have just installed it on a new machine
>>> under XP Pro. I have the following problem:
>>> When I click on a link (http://....) in an email message, Firefox
>>> doesn't automatically open up to that link. I have to copy link
>>> location and paste into Firefox. This works on my other machine. What
>>> don't I have set up right?
>>> Any help you cane give me is appreciated.
>>> Keith Johnson
>> Close FF. Make some other browser (e.g., IE) default. Close the other
>> browser. Open FF and make it default. Does this solve your problem?
>> --
>> Irwin
>>
>> Please do not use my email address to make requests for help.
>> Knowledge Base:http://kb.mozillazine.org/Main_Page
>
> Irwin,
>
> Yes, that worked. Why, I don't know, because I already had FF as my
> default. But setting IE as default and then resetting FF as default
> worked fine. I'm up and running. Thanks,
> Keith
>
Glad it worked for you. I don't know why it works either.

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Irwin

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