296482 - On start up from local page, Fx will not open.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Jeff F.]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

When profile manager is set to show at start up and Fx is defult, local html
pages will not open after the profile manager apperas. This also leaves an
instance of Fx running makeing it impossible to open it unless terminating Fx in
task manager.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Make sure profile manager opens on Start(not with command -profilemanger)
2.Open a local html page by clicking on the page with Fx as defult browser.
Actual Results:  
The profile manager launches as expected, but after the selection of a profile,
Fx sits with a hidden process open. Making it immposible to open it later unless
terminated.

Expected Results:  
The profile manager should have opened, and after selecting the profile it
should launch Fx with the selected profile.

A work around is disabling this option, and changing the shortcuts add
-profilemanager

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** Bug 296481 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** Bug 296480 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Adam Guthrie]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050531
Firefox/1.0+

I'm not seeing this in 1.0 nor the latest trunk. Are you sure that firefox.exe
is not running when you try to open up a file? Have you created a new profile
and tried it with that one? This could be being caused by a bad extension/theme
you have installed.

Comment 4

[Jeff F.]

I wish I could say "Oh Yeah now its better" lol but I'm a web developer, and
when the "do not show this on startup" is UNCHECKED and I try to launch if from
an html page Fx refuses to start. If it were only my computer I would be Ok, but
it also does the same on my mothers computer, both are XP Pro. (perhaps I should
go to Linux? hehe) I have totaly removed all profiles, and even reinstalled same
problem.

Comment 5

[Jeff F.]

I wish I could say "Oh Yeah now its better" lol. I'm a web developer, so I use
local pages quite a bit, and when the "do not show this on startup" is UNCHECKED
and I try to launch if from an html page Fx refuses to start. If it were only my
computer I would be Ok, but it also does the same on my mothers computer, both
are XP Pro. (perhaps I should go to Linux? hehe) I have totaly removed all
profiles, and even reinstalled same problem.

Comment 6

[Jeff F.]

MAN they need a remove relpy lol

Comment 7

[Elmar Ludwig]

*** Bug 299552 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Aaron Slunt]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050630
Firefox/1.0+ ID:2005063006

Comment 9

[Adam Guthrie]

*** Bug 308092 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10

[Jeff F.]

Resolved

Comment 11

[Elmar Ludwig]

> Resolved

In which way?

Comment 12

[Jeff F.]

It now works 100% of the time. It will now open the local page with the profile maneger opening

Comment 13

[Adam Guthrie]

WFM per comment 12.