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remedy for not getting email client invoked - joseph - 09-02-2007
Here is an observation I made after my Firefox 2.0 (running on Windows XP) lost its ability to invoke preferred email client in response to clicking on 'mailto' links.
In my case it happened after I uninstalled Google Toolbar because it changed the 'mailto' handler to Gmail without my decision.
The problem happens to be related to a single line in the Java script file named 'Prefs' belonging to the Firefox profile folder:
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", false);
Google Toolbar uninstaller leaves this line with "false" which effectively prevents invoking system-wide default email client.
Changing "false" to "true" restores the proper behavior of Firefox.
Joseph