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How do I debug my "send link" not working in Firefox but working in IE?

On Windows XP, I can send links to my mail program (Outlook Express) but
using Firefox, I can't send links to my mail program.

There isn't any error when I use Firefox 1.5 on WinXP to try to send a link
but nothing happens either.

How do I debug the Firefox send link (when IE works fine)?

Cathy

Hi Cathy,

There might be a problem with the mailto settings in the registry. Click
Start, Run and type the following commands one by one and press Enter:

"%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE" /REG

regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msoe.dll"

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Cathy F." <> wrote in message
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How do I debug my "send link" not working in Firefox but working in IE?

On Windows XP, I can send links to my mail program (Outlook Express) but
using Firefox, I can't send links to my mail program.

There isn't any error when I use Firefox 1.5 on WinXP to try to send a link
but nothing happens either.

How do I debug the Firefox send link (when IE works fine)?

Cathy

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:23:44 +0530, Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> "%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE" /REG
> regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msoe.dll"

Hi Ramesh,
This looks a little scary to me.

What does "MSIMN.EXE /REG" & "REGSVR32" actually do?

Cathy

Cathy F. wrote:
> How do I debug my "send link" not working in Firefox but working in IE?
>
> On Windows XP, I can send links to my mail program (Outlook Express) but
> using Firefox, I can't send links to my mail program.
>
> There isn't any error when I use Firefox 1.5 on WinXP to try to send a link
> but nothing happens either.
>
> How do I debug the Firefox send link (when IE works fine)?
>
> Cathy
im using 2.o and the send link works fine for me. try upgrading to ver 2.0
there is an extention that adds a toolbar button to firefox which may
help also https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1770/

Cathy,

The 1st command fixes the mailto protocol settings and the second one fixes
the DLLPath (required for MAPI operations) in the registry.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Cathy F." <> wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:23:44 +0530, Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> "%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE" /REG
> regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msoe.dll"

Hi Ramesh,
This looks a little scary to me.

What does "MSIMN.EXE /REG" & "REGSVR32" actually do?

Cathy

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:19:33 -0800, Mike Roberts wrote:
>> On Windows XP, I can send links to my mail program (Outlook Express) but
>> using Firefox, I can't send links to my mail program.
>> There isn't any error when I use Firefox 1.5 on WinXP to try to send a link
>> but nothing happens either.
>> How do I debug the Firefox send link (when IE works fine)?
> im using 2.o and the send link works fine for me. try upgrading to ver 2.0
> there is an extention that adds a toolbar button to firefox which may
> help also https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1770/

Hi Mike,
I had already tried that Firefox send link extension which enabled me to
slide an icon to run the send link command by clicking a button, but
nothing else changed. Whenever I hit the send link in Firefox 1.5 on WinXP,
nothing happens.

When I tried the solution from Ramesh, it didn't fix the problem.

Set mailto protocol to Outlook Express:
"%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE" /REG

Set DLLPath (required for MAPI operations) for Outlook Express:
regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msoe.dll"

I do appreciate the help.

Maybe if I better understood what happens when I press the Firefox send
link command I could debug where it's getting intercepted?

Cathy

"Cathy F." <> wrote in message
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> How do I debug my "send link" not working in Firefox but working in IE?
>
> On Windows XP, I can send links to my mail program (Outlook Express) but
> using Firefox, I can't send links to my mail program.
>
> There isn't any error when I use Firefox 1.5 on WinXP to try to send a link
> but nothing happens either.
>
> How do I debug the Firefox send link (when IE works fine)?
>
> Cathy

Hello Cathy,

Did You try these Linux Groups?

(1) (alt.os.linux.mandriva)
(2) (alt.os.linux.mandrake)

Good Luck, x@y

In message <>, Cathy F.
<> writes
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:19:33 -0800, Mike Roberts wrote:
>>> On Windows XP, I can send links to my mail program (Outlook Express) but
>>> using Firefox, I can't send links to my mail program.
>>> There isn't any error when I use Firefox 1.5 on WinXP to try to send a link
>>> but nothing happens either.
>>> How do I debug the Firefox send link (when IE works fine)?
>> im using 2.o and the send link works fine for me. try upgrading to ver 2.0
>> there is an extention that adds a toolbar button to firefox which may
>> help also https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1770/
>
>Hi Mike,
>I had already tried that Firefox send link extension which enabled me to
>slide an icon to run the send link command by clicking a button, but
>nothing else changed. Whenever I hit the send link in Firefox 1.5 on WinXP,
>nothing happens.
>
>When I tried the solution from Ramesh, it didn't fix the problem.
>
Daft question but do you have another browser besides Firefox? I had the
same thing and got it to work by making FF the default browser. I don't
know why IE6 didn't startup though.
--
bertie

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:22:43 +0000, Mike Gasson wrote:
> Daft question but do you have another browser besides Firefox? I had the
> same thing and got it to work by making FF the default browser. I don't
> know why IE6 didn't startup though.

Hi Mike,
How do I make Firefox the default browser?
I have Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Cathy

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:09:34 -0600, x@y wrote:
> Did You try these Linux Groups?
>
> (1) (alt.os.linux.mandriva)
> (2) (alt.os.linux.mandrake)

Hi xy,
I'm on Windows XP.
Cathy