Thunderbird Freezes / Halts / Sticks When I Click On A Link
Do you know what I mean?
Often times when I go to click on a hot link in my email–usually to delete spam, Thunderbird just freezes for a while before actually opening the link. Anyone have a solution?
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Unfortunately thunderbrowse doesn’t seem to be compatible yet w/ the newest final release of FF. Anyone found another idea? This issue popped up out of the blue for me – very irritating.
Yes Installing Thunderbrowse fixed the problem for me too.
Same issue: On MS Windows XP: Clicking on a link on Thunderbird freezes it and after 30-40 sec the FF window pops up and Thunderbird returns to normal. I have FF3.5.3 and Thunderbird 2.0.23 and started getting this issue as well. I suspect some Windows update causes the problem that was pushed onto my PC a few minutes ago. Maybe some OS calls are screwed and it is waiting for some timeout before finds the proper browser to call. Any idea what to do in Registry or else to fix this?
I think I found a fix. Install thunderbowse , it fixes the problem
I have same problem and look for the solution!
I have Firefox 3.08 and Thunderbird version 2.0.0.21.
The problem appeared recently. Strangely, i didn’t install anything new that would cause it.
This is an old post but I still have this problem with FF2/Thunderbird2. Nobody has come up with a solution yet?
I’ve been looking for answer to this also. I’m not sure if this is a good answer, but I think this may simply be a sign that the computer needs to be restarted. Reading what the previous poster said about the link being passed off to the OS is pretty good sign that this OS is the problem. Even an OS as reliable as XP should be restarted at least once a day. That has been my experience anyway. But I believe I have had other experiences, such as with Live Messenger that seemed to more persistent than a simple restart problem with OS, so take it for what it’s worth.
I have had a similar issue. As I recall, Thunderbird passes the URL to the operating system so that it will open the right browser, so it is very possible that windows is the hold up.
My workaround is to right click and copy the URL location, then go into my browser and paste it into a tab.
I’ve also noticed that on my Mac I don’t have this issue, but on my PC I do.