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how do I block firefox from showing banners like this?

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keelhaul
keelhaul

how do I block firefox from showing banners like the one in the image?

I dismiss it everytime and it come back the next time I go to Outlook

how do I block firefox from showing banners like the one in the image? I dismiss it everytime and it come back the next time I go to Outlook
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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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Solution: Add "outlook.office.com" as an application for mailto links.

keelhaul
keelhaul Question owner

Ty, that is exactly what I do not want to do. how do I stop this behaviour without doing that

how to tell firefox to stop prompting for stuff like that. curious as to why there is not a never ask again button

TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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Try to switch these preferences in about:config to false:

  • "browser.mailto.dualPrompt.os"
  • "browser.mailto.prompt.os"

Bug 1864216 - Allow setting the browser as the OS default mailto handler