# Starting chromium as default browser in thunderbird

Thunderbird seems to always start firefox when a link is clicked. This is bad behaviour.

The following command will start chromium:

`gconftool-2 --type string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command "/usr/bin/chromium %s"`

This works also in KDE

other solution: jan 2012

`Nothing helped, so I've found other solution:`  
`1) in Thunderbird go to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General ->  Configuration Edito`  
`2) change`  
`network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http and `  
`network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https`  
`to "true"`  
`3)Click on any link in tb`  
`4) navigate to /usr/bin/google-chrome`  
`5) have fun`