Tiger hyperlink malfunction

My old Minimac G4 running Tiger has for som unknown reason stopped handling hyperlinks in the expected way like opening a browser when pushing the link in Mail on any other Application.
Instead it opens a perfectly irrelevant application and when I delete that app  the system then selects yet another one I don't want.
So how is it supposed to work?
I have looked for the file I guess I have to cofigure but failed to find it so far...
/ Roger

Hi Roger,
Normally that would be set in Safari>Preferences>General>Default Web Browser.
If that doesn't help, Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions...
Reset Launch Services...
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/resetlaunchservices.html#Anchor-Reset-47857
Reboot.

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