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Bug 590191 - [windows] Email links not working
[windows] Email links not working
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 617874
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
2.32.x (obsolete)
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
: 609424 623690 628846 676086 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-07-29 20:36 UTC by Greg
Modified: 2013-09-13 01:04 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Greg 2009-07-29 20:36:34 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
When clicking on any link in an email the following error appears: 
Could not open the link. No application is registered as handling this file

No place in the Windows version to specify what application handles web links.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Get an email with links
2. Click Link
3. 


Actual results:
The above error occurs

Expected results:
The link should open in default browser

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
This occurs in MS Vista
Comment 1 Ian Brown 2010-07-27 22:18:07 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Please describe the problem:
> When clicking on any link in an email the following error appears: 
> Could not open the link. No application is registered as handling this file
> 
> No place in the Windows version to specify what application handles web links.
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. Get an email with links
> 2. Click Link
> 3. 
> 
> 
> Actual results:
> The above error occurs
> 
> Expected results:
> The link should open in default browser
> 
> Does this happen every time?
> Yes
> 
> Other information:
> This occurs in MS Vista

This bug is showing as UNCONFIRMED but I can confirm that, a year later, it still doesn't work, and it's quite a major problem. IanXBrown
Comment 2 André Klapper 2010-09-10 18:57:25 UTC 
Fridrich, can you take a look at this?

Confirming as per duplicates.
Comment 3 André Klapper 2010-09-10 18:57:32 UTC 
*** Bug 628846 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 André Klapper 2010-09-10 18:57:36 UTC 
*** Bug 609424 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 André Klapper 2010-09-10 18:57:39 UTC 
*** Bug 623690 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Fridrich Strba 2010-09-11 04:43:45 UTC 
This is rather a problem in gio. The corresponding bug report is https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617874
Comment 7 Fridrich Strba 2010-09-11 04:58:23 UTC 
Andre, could you close this one as duplicate so that we can focus the attention on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617874 ?
Comment 8 Matthew Barnes 2010-09-11 05:00:02 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 617874 ***
Comment 9 André Klapper 2012-05-15 13:59:39 UTC 
*** Bug 676086 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***