Closed Bug 169365 Opened 22 years ago Closed 13 years ago

"GRE is running" warning if Mozilla is running

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: GRE, defect, P3)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Installer: GRE
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: bugzilla, Assigned: ssu0262)

References

Details

If Mozilla is running when installing GRE I get a "GRE is running" alert.
Component: Installer → Installer: GRE
This is sort of as designed. We really do not want multiple installers running simultaneously. Are you suggesting changing behavior, or changing the message (that doesn't seem like a bad idea).
Mine.
Assignee: dveditz → curt
Curt, Henrik, this message might be equivalent to requiring users to close Mozilla (or Netscape) before starting a new installation. If a GRE-based app is executing, we might want to do the same thing and force the user to close it before installing, unistalling or any other equally dangerous activity ;-)
Cant we just change the text. "A Gecko thingy is running" or something.
Blocks: gre
moving curt's GRE bugs to ssu.
Assignee: curt → ssu
Mozilla 1.3b, Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030210, Windows 2000 I hit this bug as I installed a fresh Mozilla 1.3b and upon it's maiden voyage, I ran the GRE installer. The GRE installer prompted me to shut down the running instance of mozilla, which I agreed to, and the GRE installer proceeded to shut down the exisiting instance after notifying me about Quicklaunch. After GRE installation completed, I relaunched Mozilla and was greeted by the profile manager. The Default profile was selected and I clicked Start Mozilla. Instead of Mozilla, I was surprised by an alert which read: "Mozilla cannot use the profile "default" because it is in use. Please choose another profile or create a new one." Mozilla's Quicklaunch was not running when I tried the 2nd launch and a Mozilla wasn't visible within the Windows environment, nor was Mozilla listed in Task Manager>Applications. I could only start Mozilla after I killed the mozilla.exe process still listed in Task Manager>Processes. I have uninstalled and this is repeatable. Would any patch applied toward this bug touch upon this manifestation of this bug, or should I file a new one?
what you're seeing is a different (but related) bug, probably bug 190816.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Change text from "GRE..." to "The Gecko Runtime Environment is in use..."
Severity: normal → minor
Priority: -- → P3
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
The GRE installer is long dead
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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