Mailto links not working in Firefox 28 for default Thunderbird 24.4 on Win7

This should be simple, right? I have a registered version of Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit completely updated with Firefox 28.0 and Thunderbird 24.4 as defaults. Within Firefox, I have confirmed that Firefox is the default browser. Within Thunderbird, I have confirmed that Thunderbird is the default e-mail client. But when I click on a mailto link nothing happens whatsoever. This has been going on for quite some time, probably before the Firefox release of 28.0 and before the release of Thunderbird 24.4. I am just now getting annoyed and frustrated. This should be automatic. I checked Mozilla support and confirmed all the defaults under this support article: "Change the program used to open email links" but nothing worked. Please help. And thanks for what you do.

I realize this is the software equivalent of turning it off and on again, but please try switching the mailto handler setting in the Options to something else (e.g., Gmail) and OKing that, then going back into Options and switching it back to Thunderbird. This will update the settings file and hopefully blow out whatever is currently blocking the setting.
If that doesn't work, the usual next workaround is to remove that settings file and have Firefox regenerate it. Your changes (e.g., using a different PDF reader) will need to be re-entered.
Open your current Firefox settings (AKA Firefox profile) folder using
Help > Troubleshooting Information > "Show Folder" button
Leaving that window open, switch back to Firefox and Exit
Pause while Firefox finishes its cleanup, then rename '''mimeTypes.rdf''' to something like mimeTypes.old
Restart Firefox. Hopefully now the links will work.

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