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

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On 06/05/2011 08:45 PM, Tim Evans wrote:
> On 06/05/2011 07:56 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Gnome 3 default desktop. I have run gnome-control-center (several times,
> as a matter of fact); FireFox is set as default browser.

Just a follow-up from the original poster here.  Despite all the advice, 
this issue still isn't resolved. FireFox is set as default browser, but 
clicking on links in e-mail (Thunderbird) still connects to Chrome. 
(Thunderbird preferences explicitly set FireFox for HTML files.)

Any other ideas would be appreciated.  Thanks.

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