Thunderbird occasionally opens links in Firefox; some open, most do not. Each click on a link produces a new Firefox.exe in Task Manager, Win. 7.
I have tried all suggestions in articles relating to 'links in Thunderbird not opening in Firefox.' None of them work.
The issue is, one link will usually open if it is the first time I click a link in Thunderbird. After that I cannot open any links to Firefox, and each click on a link in Thunderbird (including the first one) produces an additional firefox.exe in Task Manager (see image). Each of these Firefox iterations are generally 49,000+K. They do not seem to interfere with Firefox's operation.
I also cannot right click to 'open link in browser.' Only copying link location and pasting it into the browser is working for me. this has been fairly recent with the last two upgrades to Thunderbird.
Any suggestions?
This is a Thunderbird forum but there should be an option to open in a new or existing window or tab. You might ask over in the Firefox forum for more details.
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'''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|Firefox Safe Mode]] is a troubleshooting mode that turns off some settings, disables most add-ons (extensions and themes).
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'''lazarusnumber2''' said:
*''Don't you stupid people get it? People that like their google tool bar can't have it with the new firefox 5 Just fix that and then maybe Ill stop getting pop ups asking me to change it to 5 where it won't let me have my google toolbar. Just fix it and I'll gladly upgrade because 5 is a downgrade''
Be sure you are blaming the people responsible. See below.
'''We are all unpaid volunteers, users helping other users. Control your temper, ask nicely and be patient when asking for assistance.'''
Google decided that they will no longer produce the Google Toolbar for Firefox beyond Firefox 4. Future versions of Google toolbar will only work with IE7-9. Google Toolbar is not available on any other browser, even Google's own browser.
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*https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/googlebar-lite/
*https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gbookmarks-google-bookmarks-fo/
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