E-mail links won't launch Firefox

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E-mail links won't launch Firefox

This past week, Firefox stopped launching when I clicked on a link within an e-mail in apple mail. I get an error message that reads: No associated application could be found. If Firefox is open before I click on the link, the link opens up as usual. I don't know that I changed anything, intentionally or otherwise, that would affect this.

Anyone have this problem, or know any fixes for it?

MBP 17", Mac OS X (10.6.4), 2.6 Intel Core 2 Duo

Posted on Oct 27, 2010 9:26 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 27, 2010 9:42 PM in response to ElmntJ

Hi and welcome...

Follow the instructions here to set Firefox as your default browser.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/howto+make+Firefox+the+defaultbrowser

Carolyn 🙂

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Oct 29, 2010 9:18 AM in response to ElmntJ

Thanks for the info. I tried this but it didn't work, so I tried the next option which was going through Safari, and that too did not work. I'm still stuck 😟

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Oct 29, 2010 9:59 AM in response to ElmntJ

I ended up copying the folder "xxxxx.default" within the profiles folder, to my desktop, then uninstalled Firefox, and deleted the Firefox folder within the Application Support folder. From there I did a clean install, deleted all the info from the NEW "xxxxx.default" folder, and copy/pasted all of the file from the OLD "xxxxx.default" folder, and everything works perfectly! All of my bookmarks/settings are as they were, and Firefox will now launch when a link is clicked.

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