132228 - browser does not launch files using correct method on windows

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[sven]

I'm using mozilla0.9.9 (build id 2002031104) on win2k sp2..

In the windows registry, the entries for file types and actions for launching
them in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT sometimes have more than one possible action. Mozilla
appears to ignore the "default" action, set as the default key in the Shell
entry for a filetype, and automatically chooses "open" or something instead.

for example, i have .m3u files (Winamp.Playlist) set to "Enqueue" by default,
but mozilla "open"s or "play"s them..

Another example is the Channelfile type, which has possible actions "Edit",
"Explore", "Open", "OpenChannel", "Subscribe", and the set default is
"Subscribe", but mozilla "Open"s it instead.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Is this still an issue?  we are now calling ShellExecute with the NULL instead
of "open"....