Opening emails in desktop not apps on Windows 8.

grumpycrab

matphil wrote: »

It said true, I changed it to false then back to true, shut down the browser and checked again and it's still not there.
I had the task manager open earlier and it said firefox was 32-bit and this laptop is a 64-bit, would that make any difference.

Doubt it.
As above, what does network.protocol-handler.expose.mailto
say?
Either set it to false or create an entry:-

1. Right-click -> New -> Boolean -> Name: network.protocol-handler.expose.mailto -> Value -> false

2. Next time you click a link of protocol-type mailto you will be asked which application to open it with. Possibly.

matphil

I tried both ways and each time when I clicked on an email link it's not asking me to choose it just opens a chrome window.

When I just went to click on a new page on MSE it asked me to choose an application for http links and firefox was there in that list.

grumpycrab

:-( I'll have a look on my Windows8 box when I get home.

In the mean-time I suggest you DO remove and get the latest firefox (not sure if it keeps bookmarks et al; or just do an update through the help - About Firefox box?)

prowla

You could always upgrade it to Windows 7...

matphil

I update Firefox first but it made no difference so then I un-installed it then re-installed the latest version, it still has no mailto though.

matphil

Just checked the version of firefox it is 36.0 and it says it is up to date.

RumRat

Isn't 36 on the Beta channel? Thought the Alpha was 35.0.1??
Not sure if that may be your problem....
Or I might just be wrong..:)

matphil

Yes it did say Beta on it, should I install 35.0.1 instead then.

grumpycrab

Final try tonight. Close firefox; find file mimetypes.rdf (**) - make a copy of it (ctrlC, ctrlV is easiest). DELETE file mimetypes.rdf

Try again to find content type mailto.

(**) File will be under somewhere like
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\a6rcfky0.default-1421710882373

Jivesinger

I'm not sure Firefox itself can open mail - see this for instance:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links