716470 - Opening a link with HTTP protocol with thunderbird returns a js exception

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 682984

(Thunderbird :: OS Integration, defect)

Description

[brunoais]

When I try to open an url in thunderbird with the HTTP protocol the js throws an exception.
The exception is:

Error: Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIExternalProtocolService.loadUrl]
Source file: chrome://communicator/content/contentAreaClick.js
Line: 188

Which is inside the function: openLinkExternally(url)
in which url is a string that starts with http:.
The code is this one:

right here:
Components.classes["@mozilla.org/uriloader/external-protocol-service;1"]
            .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIExternalProtocolService)
            .loadUrl(uri);


This exception happens inside any page of the program where it may open an external link.
Tried this to fix:
Safe mode
Safe mode + no remote
Safe mode + no remote + changing default browser (repeated this for 3 browsers (including IE))
Safe mode + changing default browser (repeated this for all 3 browsers (including IE))

None worked.

Comment 1

[brunoais]

I also tried to reinstall thunderbird and try again in safe mode. Still didn't work

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

entering http://www.mozilla.org windows:start/run is working as expected ?

Comment 3

[brunoais]

if I use the window's run window (pressing windows key + R) to go to http://www.mozilla.org it works as expected (firefox opens for the link).
Just tried. The link to this page is working in thunderbird but that's because it uses the https protocol.

Comment 4

[:aceman]

Can you see if this is the same as bug 682984? There are some workarounds there that you can try.

Comment 5

[brunoais]

Thanks aceman.
It was a wrong path in that file.
I was able to make some changes and then I was able to fix in the GUI about opening files.

Comment 6

[:aceman]

Cool. But we'd like TB to inform about that properly so the report is valid, just dupe it to bug 682984.