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Hyperlinks in email will not open in Firefox

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Since update to 61.0.1 hyperlinks in my mail client won't open in firefox. I have to cut and paste them to open the links. If I change my default browser to Edge or IE they work correctly just as expected. change back to Firefox as default browser and links stop working, This is a a firefox issue not a mail client or windows issue.

Since update to 61.0.1 hyperlinks in my mail client won't open in firefox. I have to cut and paste them to open the links. If I change my default browser to Edge or IE they work correctly just as expected. change back to Firefox as default browser and links stop working, This is a a firefox issue not a mail client or windows issue.

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Let's try re-installing Firefox.

  1. In the Windows app settings panel, uninstall Firefox.
  2. Reboot your PC.
  3. If it exists, delete the folder "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  4. Install the latest version of Firefox. Here is a direct link: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=win64&lang=en-US
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Awesome, you send me a mail link to verify my question that links don't work, great job!!

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Indie1138 said

you send me a mail link to verify my question that links don't work

That would be the forum automatically doing its job.

What mail client are you using? Or are you using an e-mail program? Make sure that Firefox is listed as your default in the settings of the computer.

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Setting firefox as default has no effect.

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Hi Indie1138, Could you try setting another browser as the default, then setting Firefox back as the default?

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Since update to 61.0.1 hyperlinks in my mail client won't open in firefox. I have to cut and paste them to open the links.

If I change my default browser to Edge or IE they work correctly just as expected. change back to Firefox as default browser and links stop working,

This is a a firefox issue not a mail client or windows issue.

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Could you try the solutions in the following article, and see if any of them help: Setting Firefox as the default browser does not work - What to do

One way to make sure it is a Firefox issue is to try clicking on links in a different application. This will help narrow down where the cause is.

And if your mail client is Thunderbird, we can just move this thread to the Thunderbird forum. :)

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Already tried that first. The mail client is eM Client it was working fine until the update. It works fine when you set default browser to MS Edge.

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Let's try re-installing Firefox.

  1. In the Windows app settings panel, uninstall Firefox.
  2. Reboot your PC.
  3. If it exists, delete the folder "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  4. Install the latest version of Firefox. Here is a direct link: https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=win64&lang=en-US
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yes that seemed to help