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Hyperlinks in thunderbird don't work

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I recently upgraded from 12.04 to 13.10 and links in Thunderbird don't work, i.e. don't launch or open in Firefox. I have double checked that Firefox is still the default browser:

>> sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

There are 2 choices for the alternative x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser).

Selection    Path                           Priority   Status

------------------------------------------------------------  

  0         /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable   200       auto mode

* 1         /usr/bin/firefox                40        manual mode

  2         /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable   200       manual mode

I have checked it is not an add-on by running Thunderbird in safe-mode. In the config editor of Thunderbird I have checked that 'network.protocol-handler.external-default' is set to 'true'. I have also added 'network.protocol-handler.app.http' to the config (linking to /usr/bin/firefox) to no avail.

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answered 2 Years ago irripri · Accepted Answer

I remember I was having that issue, too.

The first thing I did was try to unset the value network.protocol-handler.app.http to let Thunderbird prompt me for the application. I don't remember if that worked or not.

I do remember that I eventually just created a new thunderbird profile (on the command line enter thunderbird -P to enter the profile prompt...pretty basic from there) and copied my settings from the first profile over to my second. Problem solved. ☺