138363 - runtime (plugins.refresh( ))scan of the Win32 registry for PLID installations

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 44973

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P1)

Description

[Arun Ranganathan]

First let me apologize to Mozilla contributors outside the Netscape/AOL
firewall, but I'm going to post an internal link:

http://elwood.mcom.com/arun/plugins/first-install-problem.html

When I get back from vacation, I promise to write this up in for mozilla.org on
Mozilla website.  But the issue is:

We've decided to create a Plugin ID system in the Win32 system registry that
could be extended to other platforms via a flat file.  Gecko needs to parse
these registry entries for plugin information, such as path to module and path
to XPT, in addition to parsing existing plugins directories.  Embedders can
determine their search order on their own.

Comment 1

[Arun Ranganathan]

Nominate as appropriate, but this is the bug logged against Gecko to solve the
first-install problem in the future.

Comment 2

[rubydoo123]

getting this over to Peter's plate

Comment 3

[rubydoo123]

setting this to 1.01, so the infrastructure can start to get put into place.

Comment 4

[rubydoo123]

need to get the PLID support in for RTM

Comment 5

[Peter Lubczynski]

This issue is now being tracked in bug 44973.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 44973 ***

Comment 6

[shrirang khanzode]

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