305796 - Will not open browser when clicking on URL's (links) in e-mail FF is default browser

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Bob Noland]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

No link will open browser.  Will not open browser window even if browser is
already open.  Firefox is my default browser version 1.0.6 same version for TB
Have tried to open with IE as default, same problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open e-mail with a URL or link in it
2.click on link
3.

Actual Results:  
Nothing happens.  No error message.  The link does display at the bottom of the
window, but the browser does not open and if it is already open no window with
the expected link result opens.

Expected Results:  
Open browser (FF) and go to the http link

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Are you also unable to open TB's help (the first two items under the Help menu)?
xref bug 272519 comment 12.

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

See also bug 252563 comment 5.

Comment 3

[Bob Noland]

(In reply to comment #2)
> See also bug 252563 comment 5.

Comment 4

[Bob Noland]

Finally fixed by removal of both Thunderbird and Firefox. Then complete
reinstall of both.  Had tried removal and reinstall of TB with no luck.  

Comment 5

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Reopened to fix resolution.  Please do not use "fixed" unless an actual fix was 
checked in to the code (and you can point to it).