When I click a link in an email the file manager displays before loading the website. Sometimes the website doesn't open.

I know other people are having this problem because I saw some posts about it from a Google search. It doesn't happen on every link. Generally it happens when a friend sends a link in an email.

See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Windows_error_opening_Internet_shortcut_or_local_HTML_file_-_Firefox

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