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

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On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 11:42 -0400, Tim Evans wrote:
> 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.

You haven't mentioned which desktop you're using. You need to change the
*Gnome* defaults (even if you're using KDE) because Thunderbird and the
two browsers are all Gnome apps. Run gnome-control-center from a Shell
and proceed from there.

poc

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