Thunderbird link to browser

I would like to be able to click on a link in a Thunderbird email and
have it open in Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 3) rather than the default to
Firefox.

I use both browsers but IE is my preference right now.

Is that possible?

RogerB

RogerB wrote:
> I would like to be able to click on a link in a Thunderbird email and
> have it open in Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 3) rather than the default to
> Firefox.
>
> I use both browsers but IE is my preference right now.
>
> Is that possible?

Thunderbird is a standalone application, it has no way of detecting the
existence of Firefox on your system.

All it does is call on your system's default browser to execute a link.
Set IE as your default browser, and links in TB will open IE.

Lee

Done. Thanks, Lee.
Roger

Leonidas Jones wrote:
> RogerB wrote:
>> I would like to be able to click on a link in a Thunderbird email and
>> have it open in Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 3) rather than the default
>> to Firefox.
>>
>> I use both browsers but IE is my preference right now.
>>
>> Is that possible?
>
> Thunderbird is a standalone application, it has no way of detecting the
> existence of Firefox on your system.
>
> All it does is call on your system's default browser to execute a link.
> Set IE as your default browser, and links in TB will open IE.
>
> Lee

RogerB wrote:
> Done. Thanks, Lee.
> Roger
>
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>> RogerB wrote:
>>> I would like to be able to click on a link in a Thunderbird email and
>>> have it open in Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 3) rather than the default
>>> to Firefox.
>>>
>>> I use both browsers but IE is my preference right now.
>>>
>>> Is that possible?
>>
>> Thunderbird is a standalone application, it has no way of detecting
>> the existence of Firefox on your system.
>>
>> All it does is call on your system's default browser to execute a
>> link. Set IE as your default browser, and links in TB will open IE.
>>
>> Lee

I'm glad its working!

Lee

On 2006-10-04, RogerB <> wrote:

> I would like to be able to click on a link in a Thunderbird email and
> have it open in Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 3) rather than the default to
> Firefox.
>
> I use both browsers but IE is my preference right now.
>
> Is that possible?

Sure. Open the Preferences (or maybe Options on Windows) dialog and
click the "Config Editor" button. In the "Filter" field of the Config
window, type "network.protocol-handler.app.http" and two entries should
be displayed:

network.protocol-handler.app.http
network.protocol-handler.app.https

Right click on each one, select "Modify" and enter "iexplore.exe" in the
text field.

Close the Config dialog, and you're done.

--

John ()

John Thompson wrote:
> On 2006-10-04, RogerB <> wrote:
>
>> I would like to be able to click on a link in a Thunderbird email and
>> have it open in Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 3) rather than the default to
>> Firefox.
>>
>> I use both browsers but IE is my preference right now.
>>
>> Is that possible?
>
> Sure. Open the Preferences (or maybe Options on Windows) dialog and
> click the "Config Editor" button. In the "Filter" field of the Config
> window, type "network.protocol-handler.app.http" and two entries should
> be displayed:
>
> network.protocol-handler.app.http
> network.protocol-handler.app.https
>
> Right click on each one, select "Modify" and enter "iexplore.exe" in the
> text field.
>
> Close the Config dialog, and you're done.
>

Neither of those prefs exists in TB by default at least on Mac, and I
think on Windows. They would have to be added.

I googled network.protocol-handler.app.http, and every reference I saw
was to Linux. I don't know if adding the prefs and setting them would
work on Windows, though I guess it wouldn't hurt to try it.

Lee