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Any links i open from 3rd party applications do not open in firefox.

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Quinny357
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To be more precise, when i click a link, Firefox does open however it does not visit the URL. It simply opens a new session. I have started Firefox in safe mode and the problem occurs, i have reset firefox to default preferences and the problem still persists. I can see no problems in the setting of Firefox itself and have already tried all the fixes available.

I am using Firefox 29.0.1 on Fedora 20 64x

To be more precise, when i click a link, Firefox does open however it does not visit the URL. It simply opens a new session. I have started Firefox in safe mode and the problem occurs, i have reset firefox to default preferences and the problem still persists. I can see no problems in the setting of Firefox itself and have already tried all the fixes available. I am using Firefox 29.0.1 on Fedora 20 64x

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FredMcD
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Please be more clear. Are you trying to access a web page, an application, or what? What address are you entering in the address bar? Or is it a shortcut?

Quinny357
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As i stated, when i click links from 3rd party applications, such as skype; a youtube link or something similar. Firefox opens a new session however it does not visit the clicked url

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FredMcD
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What does it open to?

Quinny357
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Firefox opens, but does not visit the url i clicked on. It simply opens a new session