207585 - Crashes during first run after install

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 205277

(Core :: XPCOM, defect)

Description

[Dave Woldrich]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; T312461)
Build Identifier: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/index.html#1.4rc1

Whenever I install a new version of Mozilla, I always get XPCOM errors on 
startup for the first run of the new version.

With 1.4rc1, I'm now getting a crash.  Subsequent runs also yield crashes, so 
I'm stuck and have to revert to 1.3.1.  Here is the crash panel info, what 
little it is:

The instruction at "0x610f0769" referenced memory at "0x4d7a6f6d".  The memory 
could not be "read".

I figured I should post a bug report on this one, as it's a showstopper for me.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install 1.4rc1
2. Impatiently wait for installer to complete and await the first run of 
Mozilla 1.4rc1.
3. See a crash.

Actual Results:  
I install 1.3.1 over 1.4rc1, and I get a running Mozilla.

Expected Results:  
Don't crash, just show me some XPCOM MessageBox'es and then work properly on 
subsequent runs.

Normal theme, nothing really interesting except that this box has seen upgrade 
after upgrade of every version of Navigator since 4.77 through the latest 
Mozilla, and I think it's starting to buckle.

Comment 1

[Dave Woldrich]

Here's the error messages I see when I reinstall Mozilla 1.3.1:

1.  Error Message Box 
  Title:  Unable To Locate DLL
  Text:  The dynamic link library xpcom_compat.dll could not be found in the 
specified path <my path follows>

2.  Error Message Box
  Title:  Entry Point Not Found
  Text:  The procedure entry point ??1nsAVLTree@@QAE@XZ could not be located in 
the dynamic link library xpcom.dll.

3.  Error Message Box 
  Title:  Unable To Locate DLL
  Text:  The dynamic link library xpcom_compat.dll could not be found in the 
specified path <my path follows>

4.  Error Message Box
  Title:  Entry Point Not Found
  Text:  The procedure entry point ??1nsAVLTree@@QAE@XZ could not be located in 
the dynamic link library xpcom.dll.

I hope this helps!

Comment 2

[Michael March]

I have the almost exact history and results as the reporter of this bug. 
However, the Windows XP feedback agent is popping up before the Mozilla one so 
I am not getting as rich crash information as the original reporter. I am 
getting this from the XP feedback agent though:

    AppName: mozilla.exe     AppVer: 1.4.20030.52908     ModName: xpcom.dll
    ModVer: 1.4.20030.52908  Offset: 00040769 

Moving back to 1.3.1 is also working for me... and I am getting the same errors 
on startup.

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 205277 ***