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My Firefox v. 8 no longer links to web pages in e.g. email messages. Only links if I open Firefox first. Would be v. grateful for advice

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I have had v 8.01 installed for several weeks. All worked OK on installation. Since the last few days I cannot navigate to any web page from e.g a link in an email, unless I open Firefox first. Somehow the mechanism for opening Firefox has failed. Instead of opening Firefox, clicking on a link opens my Windows Explorer window at My Documents.bold text

I have had v 8.01 installed for several weeks. All worked OK on installation. Since the last few days I cannot navigate to any web page from e.g a link in an email, unless I open Firefox first. Somehow the mechanism for opening Firefox has failed. Instead of opening Firefox, clicking on a link opens my Windows Explorer window at My Documents.'''bold text'''

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