Using firefox 8.0.1 -- cant open email links on web pages

using firefox 8.0.1 and cant open email links within web pages

Hi, Cor-el. The problem isn't setting my default email client --- the problem is that when I click on a "mailto:" link in a web page, any web page, while I'm using the firefox browser, "nothing happens" ....gmail is my default email client and when I click a mailto: link using explorer or any other browser, things work as they should and my gmail opens for me. This only became a problem with firefox when I downloaded version 7 (whatever) not too log ago. Downloading the latest version has not solved the problem.
Any other help would be very much appreciated.

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