206105 - Crash when Mozilla Firebird tries to import the IE favourites

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 205129

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Mikael Winterkvist]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030517 Mozilla Firebird/0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030517 Mozilla Firebird/0.6

This problem occurs when starting with a fresh install under Windows. Mozilla
Firebird crashes while trying to import the favourites from Internet Explorer.
The problem can be solved by deleting the IE favourites. 

Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start with a fresh install, delete the profilesfolder
2. Unarchive Mozilla Firebird
3. Start Mozilla Firebird

Actual Results:  
Sometimes Mozilla Firebird crashes without creating a new profile

Expected Results:  
Start

I have helped persons with this just tonight. Two of them running Windows 98 and
1 running Windows XP and one running Windows 2000. I have tried to reproduce it
but not managed to do so. This might have something to with the size of the IE
favourites. Mine is rather small.

Comment 1

[kitchin]

Sounds like the lamentable
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201381
Are there local files in the IE favs?

Comment 2

[kitchin]

Product should be changed from "Browser" to "Phoenix".

Comment 3

[Chris Petersen]

Changing component

Comment 4

[alanjstr]

Milestone has passed.  Perhaps 0.7

Comment 5

[noririty]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 205129 ***

Comment 6

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Mass-verifying. Sorry for bugspam.