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

[Tim Evans]

On 06/05/2011 10:55 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
> 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.
>

These stanzas did not exist, so I added them (with Firefox specified).

After re-starting Thunderbird, clicking on links in e-mails still opens 
Chrome.



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