143726 - 1.0 RC2: cannot open more than one window

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 144027

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Bas aan de Wiel]

Every action which resulted with Mozilla 1.0 RC1 in a new window (like opening 
a link in a new window, or for instance pressing ctrl-e to edit the current 
window) does not give a new window.
When I click on 'windows' in the menu bar, then I see more than one window 
listed, but these cannot be made visible.

After I reinstalled Mozilla 1.0 RC1 is was working again normally.
After reinstalling RC2 again the windows did not appear any more.

Comment 1

[Valerio Capello]

wfm v1.0 rc2 b2002051006 win98

Comment 2

[Valerio Capello]

however this seems to be a duplicate of bug 143712

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Reporter:
Have you installed RC2 over Rc1 ?
If yes, can you uninstall RC1, delete all files in c:\program\mozilla.org and
reinstall RC2 ?

-> BG (this is never Layout)

Comment 4

[Jim Davis]

*** Bug 143758 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Jim Davis]

*** Bug 143759 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[josh]

I also have this problem when run as a restricted user (ie, "Users" group), but
not when run as an Administrator.  (on win2k)

The extra items under the "Windows" menu have no caption text next to them.

This was NOT installed over an older copy.

Comment 7

[Cynthia Brown]

I had this problem as well.  I had problems with the net stub install, so I
downloaded the RC2 zip file, uninstalled RC1 in the control panel, unzipped RC2
in a new directory, moved my prefs.js just in case, and tried to run Mozilla.

Result: I am unable to open more than one window.  If I try to open mail / news,
the cursor changes briefly (hourglass) then returns to the default.  If I set
preferences to open both the browser and mail / news at start-up, I only get the
browser.

After this happens I can close the browser window, but I need to go into the
Win2k task manager to kill the "mozilla" process if I want to start another session.

I am running Win2k as a user with admin privs, and I normally use the Pinball
theme.  Changing themes had no effect on this problem for me.

I am currently back to using RC1.

Comment 8

[Bas aan de Wiel]

It was asked whether I installed RC2 over RC1.
My answer:
first I installed RC2 over RC1 and discovered the single window problem. Then I 
uninstalled RC2 via control panel and deleted whole mozilla.org directory; 
reinstalled RC2 and still had the same problem.
I am logged in as a user with admin privileges.
I use Theme 'LittleMozilla', but changing to 'classic' did not solve the 
problem. 
I experience also the problem that after closing (the only mozilla window) that 
still a mozilla process is running. This has to be stopped via the Task Manager.
I tried tabbed browsing; this works fine, but links on some web pages 
automatically open new windows, so this is not a bypass.

For me RC2 is not a workable version; I am back to RC1.

Comment 9

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

have you installed a third-party Theme ?

If yes: Please uninstall all third-party Themes and restart Mozilla.

Comment 10

[Bas aan de Wiel]

After uninstalling all third party themes the bug disappears.

I had RC1 again installed on my PC.
I first uninstalled all third party themes in RC1 via 'edit->Preferences-
>Appearance.
During uninstalling the second third party theme RC1 crashed (data of this 
crash is automatically sent at 020513 around 7:25 GMT+1).

I uninstalled RC1 via control panel and deleted mozilla.org directory
and installed RC2.
RC2 started up with the classic theme.
I checked whether all third party themes were uninstalled; this was the case.

Now everything seems to work correctly! I did a ctrl-e and a new window 
appeared. I did an 'open link in new window' and also this worked fine.

Comment 11

[Cynthia Brown]

Uninstalling the third-party themes worked for me too :-)

Incidentally, I can reinstall the Pinball theme again afterwards and everything
appears to work normally.

Comment 12

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 144027 ***