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repeating empty tabs, crashing

AnonymousUser
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I tried to click on a website's email link and all of a sudden FIREFOX went crazy, loading in hundreds of empty tabs. I quit FIRE FOX by going into Microsoft word and accessing Force Quit Application from there and then force quit FIREFOX. I couldn't access force quit unless in a different program. Then I went back to FIREFOX and same thing happened, over and over. I cleared my cache for today, the whole day, but it didn't help. what do I do. I am a MAC user with OS 10.5.8 and am using FIREFOX Ver. 3.6.3

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== I tried to use email link on a website

I tried to click on a website's email link and all of a sudden FIREFOX went crazy, loading in hundreds of empty tabs. I quit FIRE FOX by going into Microsoft word and accessing Force Quit Application from there and then force quit FIREFOX. I couldn't access force quit unless in a different program. Then I went back to FIREFOX and same thing happened, over and over. I cleared my cache for today, the whole day, but it didn't help. what do I do. I am a MAC user with OS 10.5.8 and am using FIREFOX Ver. 3.6.3 == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == I tried to use email link on a website

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the-edmeister
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What program do you have selected for handing "mailto" Content Type? Can't be Firefox, or you'll have that problem.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Changing+the+e-mail+program+used+by+...