| Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | Danae | 1/6/09 9:26 AM | I'm not sure when exactly the problem started since I was away, but I noticed it Jan. 3rd. If I try to open a link in an email, in my Thunderbird, Chrome will launch, but only shows "about:blank". If I then type the address, nothing happens. I have t |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | sinicure | 3/27/09 12:29 AM | I have the same exact issue. Does someone have an answer to this? |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | ygyamada | 10/6/09 10:59 AM | I have the same issue. With Chrome already open, links in thunderbird messages cause Chrome to open a new window, and goes to my home page (in this case, http://google.com). If chrome is *not* already open, it opens the program new, and goes to either my ho |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | winjer | 10/18/09 7:53 AM | I fixed this on my Ubuntu desktop by opening thunderbird and going to: Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Config Editor Then adding two new config strings: network.protocol-handler.app.http network.protocol-handler.app.https and setting them both |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | rocketraman | 12/10/09 8:55 AM | For some reason TB3 on Fedora 12 appears to be completely ignoring the network.protocol-handler.app.http(s) config entries. |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | krauseke | 12/14/09 5:57 PM | Same issues... From Lotus Notes, or any other app, it seems to be following the Preferred App settings, but from Thunderbird 3.04b with Fedora 12 it opens a new window to the home page... really frustrating. |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | sawrub | 2/10/10 6:36 PM | Doing the same as guided by winjer is not working in F12 and Thunderbird 3. Please help. |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | alemaco | 2/15/10 2:55 AM | I tried both Thunderbirds. Thunderbird 2 can be tweaked as per winjer's suggestion. Thunderbird 3 will ignore those settings. So I switched to Claws Mail. |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | tbird20d | 3/10/10 9:18 AM | I'm using TB3 on Fedora 12. I can confirm that TB3 is not using it's network.protocol-handler.app.http(s) config entries. As described in comment 3 of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557729, I tried using gconf-editor to set the gnome c |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | TheOneTrueStickman | 3/25/10 4:06 PM | Similar problem on XUbuntu 9.10: TB3 insisted on using firefox. I took a hint from tbird20d and checked gconf settings - my config came back as follows: $ gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command firefox %s In my case it worked to fi |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | rocketraman | 3/25/10 8:06 PM | Found a solution that worked for me... apparently in Thunderbird 3 the protocol handler settings don't work any more (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389732). If using gconftool-2 / the updated xdg-settings as described by tbird20d does |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | davidcroda | 4/28/10 8:15 AM | I had some trouble with this because the http and https content types were not present in Thunderbird >> Preferences >> Attachments I found this information on their site to add new content types To add a download action to this list, open an e-mai |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | davidcroda | 4/28/10 8:22 AM | Update: Following tbird20d's instructions exactly worked for me. 1. cp /opt/google/chrome/xdg-settings /usr/bin/xdg-settings 2. Open Firefox. Edit >> Preferences >> Advanced >> General >> Check Now and click yes to set Firefox as the default browse |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | rocketraman | 4/28/10 10:30 AM | @davidcroda Yes, my solution doesn't work on its own -- it tells thunderbird to delegate opening http/https links to xdg-open, which then uses the default browser. So the default browser has to be correctly set to chrome first, otherwise thunderbird |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | tkonto | 5/18/10 3:20 AM | For me this advise worked: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/user?userid=14366289839258036986&hl=en ATTENTION! before applying the 'gconftool' command, find out exactly the command that launches chrome. In FC12 it is /usr/bin/chromium-b |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | GaryAllem | 5/29/10 12:59 PM | Can use you guys expertise to help me figure why TB3 will not open into Firefox 3.6? I just upgraded to TB3 now the links do not work. I tried some of what I find here, but some of it is Greek to a Dutchman. Any help greatly appreciated. |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | Dr. B | 6/1/10 11:51 AM | Same problem with TB3 on Fedora 13. Followed tbird20d's instructions and now links work like a charm. To reiterate his suggestion: 1) sudo cp /opt/google/chrome/xdg-settings /usr/bin/xdg-settings 2) set Firefox as default browser 3) log out and back |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | milomak | 8/19/10 11:27 AM | Am I correct in assuming the gconf trick won't work with KDE? |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | rocketraman | 8/19/10 12:44 PM | @milomak Yes the instructions from above work in KDE too -- thunderbird uses gconf regardless of whether it is running in Gnome or KDE. |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | simbo1905 | 12/5/10 2:09 AM | Similar problem on XUbuntu 10.04: TB3 insisted on using firefox rather than "Chromium" which is an opensource linux build of google chrome which you can install via the Ubuntu Software Centre (chromium gets security patches from there so it is better |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | simbo1905 | 12/5/10 2:25 AM | other people suggest that you might have to use the full path to chromium-browser; you can check that with "which chromium-browser" which would then be something like /usr/bin/chromium-browser |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | ogfomk | 5/22/11 7:38 PM | $ gconftool-2 --type string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command "google-chrome %s" This helped me with Libuntu 11.04 |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | jonathandade | 8/17/11 1:06 AM | gconftool-2 --type string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command "google-chrome %s" I needed both of these on CentOS 6 |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | RPS123 | 9/16/11 2:54 PM | Just confirming that tbird20d's fix worked for me. |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | whitehat_ua | 12/13/11 5:20 AM | Nothing helped, so I've found other solution: 1) in Thunderbird go to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General -> Configuration Edito 2) change network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http and network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https to "true" 3 |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | DigitalPig | 2/18/12 9:43 PM | |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | rocketraman | 8/31/12 12:16 PM | |
| Re: Links in Thunderbird won't properly launch Chrome | Maxim Kuznetsov | 11/19/12 12:27 AM |