210381 - Doesn't startup, complains of error in xpcom.dll

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 205277

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Fabio]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312
Build Identifier: Mozilla 1.4 RC2

Error message is:
The procedure entry point ?MakeUnique@nsFileSpec@@QAEXXZ can not be located in
the dynamic link library xpcom.dll

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Mozilla 1.4 RC2
2. Start Mozilla
3.
Actual Results:  
The error message comes up.  Windows XP says that mozilla.exe had a problem and
crashed (and asks about sending a report to Microsoft).

Expected Results:  
Started properly.

I tried renaming the old Mozilla directory (to simulate no previous
installation) after uninstalling 1.4.  Same result.

Comment 1

[Charles Fenwick]

Install Mozilla into a new empty directory.

Duplicate of bug 195600

Comment 2

[Robert La Ferla]

I'm seeing this with latest nightly build #2003062307.

The exact error message is:

The procedure entry point ??0NS_ConvertUCS2toUTF8@@QAE@ABVnsAString@@@Z could
not be located in the dynamic link library xpcom.dll.

*** Please fix as this is blocking testing...  ***

Comment 3

[Robert La Ferla]

This is happening with build 2003062608 too.

Comment 4

[Robert La Ferla]

Also occurs in nightly build #2003062704.

I guess Mozilla likes wearing these bugs on their sleeve.  It shows up every
time upon start up.  It's annoying and gives a very poor impression of the software.

Comment 5

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

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