I have pinned Firefox 5.0 to my Windows 7 taskbar. Why can I not open Firefox from a "pinned" link?

I have Firefox 5.0 installed on Windows 7 Ultimate, and the Firefox 5.o icon pinned to the taskbar. With IE9, I can right click the icon, and any site that is in my "pinned" menu can open the browser. This doesn't work with Firefox 5.0. Why?

I would suggest using the Quick Launch instead with Firefox being one of the first so it shows on the task bar. No preloaded or anything just ready to use.
*http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/icons/win7_quicklaunch_large.png
* Quick Launch - Enable or Disable - Windows 7 Forums<br>http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html
* Please restore the Quick Launch.<br>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/2589a0cc-98e5-4816-a9dd-f52bee711088
I think IE is a browser interface to Windows, Firefox is self-contained and runs on any system.

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