303323 - link in other application fails to lauch firefox 1.0.6

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Mike Donahue]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

If Firefox is already open, links in email messages work correctly - that is, a
new tab is opened for the link as set up in Firefox.  If Firefox is not open,
clicking on a link fails to launch Firefox and nothing happens.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make sure Firefox is not open.
2. Click on a web link in an email message.
3. Firefox will not launch.

Actual Results:  
Nothing happens.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should have launched and the web site for the link should be shown.

I do not recall this problem occuring in earlier versions of Firefox, such as 1.0.4.

Comment 1

[Senitel]

Try setting IE to the main browser then setting Firefox as the main browser. See
if that works.

Comment 2

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

-> works for me Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.9a6pre) Gecko/20070604 Minefield/3.0a6pre ID:2007060405 [cairo]

If you still see this in a recent release like Firefox 2.0.0.4 please check if Firefox is your default browser.