176117 - win no startup window on request

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 174726

(Core Graveyard :: QuickLaunch (AKA turbo mode), defect)

Description

[Rob]

So, i think this is a bug (and hope it's not a dupe) rather than an RFE, but...

WinXP SP1, Mozilla 1.1 final:
I have a shortcut to mozilla in my quickstart tray (bottom left, next to start
button). When I click the mozilla shortcut (which points to mozilla.exe)
immediately after booting, before the system has calmed down, no browser window
is launched. After stabilising a bit (20-40 secs) it works fine.

I think this is a bug, even if argue that the quicklaunch process isn't
initialised... basically, if i click the button, i expect a browser window.

Comment 1

[Rob]

I think this is as simple as writing a tempfile if mozilla can't launch, and
checking it at the end of the quickstart boot process (as soon as you're
guaranteed the lanch won't fail for other bad reasons... if you can determine
when that is) and launching a window or windows immediately.
Then also clearing it at strategic points... like quicklaunch shutdown
probably... to avoid starting new browser windows when not requested.

Comment 2

[Grace Bush]

I am confused Rob.  Are you trying to launch with the QuickLaunch icon in
systray?   My XP machines do not have quickstart tray on left -only on right.  
One click of icon after it's loaded on my 1.8mhz machine brings up browser.  My
500mhz machine requires two clicks.  
Not sure this is a bug

Comment 3

[Rob]

Hi Grace,

Sorry for the confusion... it's actually called the quick launch tray. It's the
one where your 'minimise desktop' button appears, not the tray in the bottom
right where network connections et al live. If you right-click the taskbar and
choose properties, one of the options is 'Show Quick Launch'.

Anyway regardless (the point would still stand if it was a desktop shortcut),
the point is that I click the shortcut soon after booting, but nothing happens.

steps to reproduce:
1. Boot win xp
2. immediately click another icon in the quicklaunch tray (e.g. explorer)
3. click the mozilla.exe icon
4. wait about 20 seconds (on my p800 laptop)

expected:
explorer and mozilla both start up

actual:
only explorer starts, despite being clicked _before_ the mozilla shortcut.


I think this is a bug (a user experience bug even if it is exactly to spec),
since running the program should give me a browser window.

Low priority too, but it would be a nice and easy bit of polish to get into a
release soon...

Comment 4

[Andrew Hagen]

Reporter, please follow these steps:

1. Download Mozilla 1.3a
2. Uninstall your current Mozilla installation
3. Delete "program files\mozilla.org" directory (alternatively, leave plugins
subdirectory intact.
4. Install Mozilla 1.3a

Does that solve the problem?

Comment 5

[Rob]

No, I'm afraid this bug still exists exactly as I described previously with 1.3a
(win32 talkback full).

As an aside (and at the risk of muddying the waters - this may be another bug
already reported), sometimes running mozilla.exe near the end of it's boot
process generates two windows; the first has a mozilla icon in the taskbar and
is blank (no menubar even), the second is a standard, functional mozilla browser
window with the netscape icon.

Comment 6

[Andrew Hagen]

Duplicate of bug 174726.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 174726 ***

Comment 7

[Grace Bush]

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