Chrome, FireFox Both Claim to be Default Browser; Chrome Wins

[Steven Stern]

On 06/05/2011 09:51 AM, Tim Evans wrote:
> On 06/05/2011 10:45 AM, John Aldrich wrote:
>> On Fri June 3 2011, Tim Evans wrote:
>>> How do you demote one, when both claim to be default?
>>>
>> Open Systemsettings and set your default browser there???? That's what I
>> did and it worked for me.
>
> Thanks.  FireFox was already set as default; however,  clicking on links
> in e-mail still opens Chrome.

Close thunderbird and go into ~/.thunderbird/yourprofiledirectory

edit mimeTypes.rdf and find the stanzas that refer to the browser.  Look 
for http and https Here are mine for chrome:

   <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:externalApplication:http"
                    NC:prettyName="google-chrome"
                    NC:path="/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" />
   <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:externalApplication:https"
                    NC:prettyName="google-chrome"
                    NC:path="/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" />


replace the chrome stuff with the the appropriate links for Firefox.

   path -> "/usr/bin/firefox"
   prettyName -> "Firefox"


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-- Steve