I get "application not found" when clicking on a http link in a mail, even after having set firefox as the default program for http links.
After installing firefox 15.0, I can not open links form email or other office 2010 applications. I get "application not found" error. I tried setting firefox as the default program both manually (in the Windows default program panel) and automatically (having Firefox to do it automatically on startup (tools->options->advanced->General). I still have the error.
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That sounds odd. Is this error coming from a particular e-mail program you're using? It could be that that program has its own settings for which web browser to launch, ignoring the "default browser" setting in Windows.
Does the same thing happen if you click on a web link from any other external (non-browser) application on your computer? If it happens with other apps too, I would suggest to re-download and install Firefox (www.mozilla.org) and see if that takes care of it.
This can also be a problem with DDE.
Try to undo and redo Firefox as the default browser.
Make another browser like IE the default browser and then let Firefox do it again.
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I tried setting Firefox as the default browser in two ways:
- Change to IExplorer and then back to Firefox using the Windows default program control panel.
- Set IExplorer as the default and then ask firefox to check and set itself as the default program.
None of these worked.
I also tried to download and reinstall version 15.0 (that's the version I got earlier through automatic update) but that did not change anything (I did not dare to try a clean install though).
After a few checks, I realised that
- now Acrobat reader opens links in IExplorer even if Firefox is the default browser
- it works fine opening an html file from the directory browser
- It works fine with Office 2003 application
- it fails when I use Office 2010 applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
Anyone knows if there is a difference in the way Office 2003 and Office 2010 applications open web links?
Based on your evidence, I'd say there must be a difference and that Office 2010 simply ignores the default setting. I'm still puzzled by this though, because if so, it would make more sense if Office 2010 simpy launched IE rather than showing you that strange error message.
Something else might be going on there, but I've run out of ideas since you seem to have tried all steps I would have suggested (short of reinstalling Windows, which you probably don't want to go through this close to the weekend!).
Try to delete the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox Profile Folder to reset all file actions.