Thunderbird not willing to start firefox when binary replaced with symlink

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I've been using the Debian "alternatives" mechanism to support multiple installed versions of Firefox. Regardless of the specifics, the bottom line is that instead of /usr/bin/firefox being a binary, it is now:



lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Aug 12 16:56 /usr/bin/firefox -> /etc/alternatives/firefox


and



lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 13 17:07 /etc/alternatives/firefox -> /usr/bin/firefox.dpkg


This seems just fine and I can start Firefox from the command-line, or using an Alt+F2 launcher in my desktop environment etc. However, Thunderbird doesn't like it. When I now click web links in Thunderbird, I get a dialog box which says




Close Firefox



Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing firefox process, or restart your system.




Surely that's not the case, right? What do I do?






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    I've been using the Debian "alternatives" mechanism to support multiple installed versions of Firefox. Regardless of the specifics, the bottom line is that instead of /usr/bin/firefox being a binary, it is now:



    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Aug 12 16:56 /usr/bin/firefox -> /etc/alternatives/firefox


    and



    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 13 17:07 /etc/alternatives/firefox -> /usr/bin/firefox.dpkg


    This seems just fine and I can start Firefox from the command-line, or using an Alt+F2 launcher in my desktop environment etc. However, Thunderbird doesn't like it. When I now click web links in Thunderbird, I get a dialog box which says




    Close Firefox



    Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing firefox process, or restart your system.




    Surely that's not the case, right? What do I do?






    symlink firefox thunderbird alternatives web-links







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      I've been using the Debian "alternatives" mechanism to support multiple installed versions of Firefox. Regardless of the specifics, the bottom line is that instead of /usr/bin/firefox being a binary, it is now:



      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Aug 12 16:56 /usr/bin/firefox -> /etc/alternatives/firefox


      and



      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 13 17:07 /etc/alternatives/firefox -> /usr/bin/firefox.dpkg


      This seems just fine and I can start Firefox from the command-line, or using an Alt+F2 launcher in my desktop environment etc. However, Thunderbird doesn't like it. When I now click web links in Thunderbird, I get a dialog box which says




      Close Firefox



      Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing firefox process, or restart your system.




      Surely that's not the case, right? What do I do?






      symlink firefox thunderbird alternatives web-links







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      I've been using the Debian "alternatives" mechanism to support multiple installed versions of Firefox. Regardless of the specifics, the bottom line is that instead of /usr/bin/firefox being a binary, it is now:



      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Aug 12 16:56 /usr/bin/firefox -> /etc/alternatives/firefox


      and



      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Aug 13 17:07 /etc/alternatives/firefox -> /usr/bin/firefox.dpkg


      This seems just fine and I can start Firefox from the command-line, or using an Alt+F2 launcher in my desktop environment etc. However, Thunderbird doesn't like it. When I now click web links in Thunderbird, I get a dialog box which says




      Close Firefox



      Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing firefox process, or restart your system.




      Surely that's not the case, right? What do I do?






      symlink firefox thunderbird alternatives web-links




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