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links calling for browser in email programs or yajhoo messenger doesn't work

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sltryman
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when in email link to site won't work when clicking but when sent to browser it works there ie and is same for all email and all browsers ie chrome as well

when in email link to site won't work when clicking but when sent to browser it works there ie and is same for all email and all browsers ie chrome as well

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the-edmeister
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Is Firefox set as your default browser in WinXP?

Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs -> Set Program Access and Defaults

cor-el
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You can look at the network.protocol-handler.external.mailto prefs on the about:config page.

If network.protocol-handler.external.mailto prefs are user set (bold) then right-click and Reset them to the default value.
You can also try to change the network.protocol-handler.warn-external.mailto pref to true.

You can also try to delete the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox Profile Folder to reset all file actions.