Closed Bug 281141 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

thunderbird doesn't work with set program access and defaults in xp

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Preferences
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 252971

People

(Reporter: grantwohl+mozbug, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217

When using the "Set Program Access and Defaults" dialog in Windows xp to change
the default email program, a tiny Thunderbird window pops up and the message
saying "Setting Mozilla Thunderbird as default application..." and it never does
anything.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click Start. Click "Set Program Access and Defaults."
2.Click the down arrow next to custom.
3.Under "Choose a default e-mail program," click "Mozilla Thunderbird."
4.Click OK.
Actual Results:  
The message doesn't go away.

Expected Results:  
It should have made itself the default email program and quit.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 252971 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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