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How to get mailto: to open in new tab in Firefox 4

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SkinsFan0521
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I just got a new PC with Windows 7 on it and I'm trying to get it to work like my XP did with Firefox 3.6.

I've set up gmail to be the application that opens mailto: links, but whenever I click on a mailto: link, it opens in the current tab instead of a new tab or window. On my old PC, I was able to have Firefox open a new window with a new message in Gmail, but I cannot figure out any way to do the same thing in Firefox 4.

I just got a new PC with Windows 7 on it and I'm trying to get it to work like my XP did with Firefox 3.6. I've set up gmail to be the application that opens mailto: links, but whenever I click on a mailto: link, it opens in the current tab instead of a new tab or window. On my old PC, I was able to have Firefox open a new window with a new message in Gmail, but I cannot figure out any way to do the same thing in Firefox 4.

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intrelude
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On the mailto link, right-click and choose Open in New Tab instead of just clicking it.