Corrine Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 My profile for Firefox somehow got toasted back with 1.07. With the last Firefox update, I finally bit the bullet and removed all traces of Firefox from my machine (ok, I admit that I exported my bookmarks and logon cookies but everything else was wiped). I'm now running Firefox with limited extensions, QuickNote and BBCode being required. I have the option checked to open links from other applications in a new tab. Yet, when I click on a link from Thunderbird or IRC, etc., nothing happens. The link isn't even open in a new window, let alone a new tab. I've tried Tab Mix Plus and Tab Browser Pref. but they haven't helped.I'd open about:config and edit the preference myself, but don't know what to edit. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Corrine, you're saying it never opens? How long have you waited?The reason I ask is that an occasional long delay is probably one of the most commonly reported annoyances of any (and I mean: every) version of Firefox.If you're saying that clicks of hyperlinks in other programs, such as email, just never open, that's not something I've heard of.Just a thought, what happens when you click a website shortcut icon on your desktop? I'm assuming that opens, but it's worth a double check.-- Scot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I have had a great deal of problems using Tab Mix Plus. I went back to TBE. It works great once you get it configured.Maybe the link below will help. You may have to register.http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don%27t_work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Scot, I put a shortcut on the desktop and that worked. The others didn't. I tested opening a URL from Thunderbird, Trillian and "ePrompter" (http://www.eprompter.com/ -- an email retrieval and notification program that works with webmail as well as POP3 accounts). No joy. :(From the link Gary provided: Path SyntaxYou also need to use proper URI syntax for local file references. It is not proper to enter an operating-system-specific path, such as c:\subdir\file.ext without converting it to a URI, which in this case would be file:///c:/subdir/file.ext. In general, a file path is converted to a URI by adding the scheme identifier file:, then three forward slashes (representing an empty authority or host segment), then the path with all backslashes converted to forward slashes.am I interpreting that as adding the following to user.js: user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks"); file:///C:/Program Files/Trillian/trillian.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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