162973 - Downloaded executable cannot be "launched" through Download Manager

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 91969

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[Werner]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020721
BuildID:    2002072104


After downloading an executable using download manager, it is not possible to
use the "launch file" menu item to execute this file. 
It seems to work fine for all registered filetypes (ie. zip, pdf , etc.). 

My guess is that since the .exe filetype is not associated with a program,
mozilla thinks it can't launch it. 



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download an executable (like an installation program for an application)
2. After the application has finished downloading (through download manager) -
try to click on the "launch file" menu item. It won't work because it's greyed out. 

3. As a test, download a file with a file extention that you have a program
associated with (like *.zip). 
4. You will find that the "launch file" will not be grayed out for this new file. 


Actual Results:   
Since it is not possible to execute the *.exe file through download manager you
have to do it through windows explorer instead. 

Expected Results:  
- Mozilla should have recognized that the *.exe file type does not have to have
a program associated with it in order to be launched. 

- After downloading an exe file mozilla should not leave the "launch file"
menuitem grayed out.

Comment 1

[Werner]

Attachment: Cannot launch exe file (screen shot)

Comment 2

[Werner]

Attachment: Can launch zip file

Comment 3

[Adrian Ulrich]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91969 ***

Comment 4

[Wesha]

v.