185540 - update to crash or lock up on first run after install - workaround is to go into safe mode

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Roger Davis]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212

I can't find my original bug reports on this, I know there was at least one,
somewhere between 2 months and a year ago.  I need to update this with a work
around solution - see below entries.
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Browser locks immediately at first run after install

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Mozilla
2. Run Browser
3.

Actual Results:  
Mozilla locks after asking "make Mozilla default browswer?"



Expected Results:  
start and run

This problem prevented me from using Mozilla on this computer for almost a year.
 I have found the following work around:

Start windows in safe mode, start mozilla, edit the preferences, shut down,
restart windows normally, mozilla works fine.  This must be repeated for each
profile.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Do you changed your bugzilla adress ?

Comment 2

[Chris Lyon]

Roger, are you still expereicing this problem on a more recent build of Mozilla
(don't use 1.3b on Win98 though).

Comment 3

[Chris Lyon]

Resolving as works for me, as per email from reporter.

Please reopen this bug report if the problem reappears with a recent build of
Mozilla.