Thunderbird & Firefox As Default

[Scott Elcomb]

On 12/6/05, Moniz Family <john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have changed my RH9 to FC4 and I still have a few problems I haven't
> been able to resolve. It was a fresh install, but I kept the old /home
> partition intact.
>
> I'm using Thunderbird and Firefox that came with FC4. If I click on a
> URL inside a mail message, I get nothing. Previously, I was able to
> click a box in both Firefox and Thunderbird that would make them the
> default apps, but these boxes are missing in both programs. Any idea how
> I can make these apps my default apps for mail and browser? Right now, I
> don't have a default browser at all, which seems odd for a new installation.

Not sure about Thunderbird, but under the General tab of
Edit->Preferences in Firefox, there's an option to check if it's the
default browser when it starts up.

What version of Firefox comes with FC4?  I just upgraded to FF1.5, and
as always quite pleased with it.

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