198456 - On reboot after install, dialog box complains about missing xpcom_compat.dll

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Bryan Kramer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)
Build Identifier: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-win32-installer-sea.exe

On reboot after install, dialog box complains about missing xpcom_compat.dll

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install on windows xp.
2.Reboot.
3.

Actual Results:  
Dialog box.

Expected Results:  
Finished install correctly.

Comment 1

[Henrik Gemal]

please try to redownload and reinstall into a fresh *empty* folder.

Comment 2

[SR]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030405

Since a few nightly builds, I've had the same problem.
The exact message displayed after install of the "sea" package was :
«The procedure entry point ?get@nsString@@UBEPBGXZ could not be located in the
dynamic link library xpcom_compat.dll»

As proposed by henrik, I exited mozilla, renamed my mozilla directory to
mozilla.old and started the install process again.
The message disappeared.

It really looks like a bug in the installer (or its configuration in this
package), no ?

Comment 3

[Henrik Gemal]

it's due to some extension that used some deprecated api's

Comment 4

[Arnaud Vincent]

I confirm this.
I choosed the mozilla-win32-1.4a-installer-sea.exe to install the package. I
choosed "Browser only" as an installation option.
Note that I had a running 1.3 before.
Once rebooted, it seems the install package misses necessary dlls :
xpcom_compat.dll, js3250.dll (which are complained by the dialog box after reboot).
To correct, I overwrote the Mozilla install directory with the content of the
full zip archive : mozilla-win32-1.4a-talkback.zip.

Comment 5

[Sean Su]

dougt, is xpcom_compat.dll a new file?  If not, do you know if it was ever
installed into the mozilla dir?

Right now, I only see if being installed into the GRE dir.

Comment 6

[Henrik Gemal]

someone else seen this...

Comment 7

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

indeed, it is a new file and is installed as part of the GRE.  xpinstall
requires this library iirc.  

Comment 8

[Ron Zoeller]

I got the recommended message to upgrade to the latest Beta Mozilla.  After 
downloading and installing, I got the above error message and decided to 
restore to a previous point.  I don't know enough about PCs to experiment with 
new stuff.

Comment 9

[Grace Bush]

nightlies should be installed into clean directories per release notes- 

Comment 10

[Grace Bush]

v