210511 - Can't open URLs in new window -- Mozilla resets Windows DDE message on startup

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Jamshid Afshar]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529

In Tools->Folder Options I changed my "URL: HyperText Transfer Protocol" DDE
Message from "%1",,-1,0,,,, to "%1",,0,0,,,, so that Mozilla opens links in a
new browser window. That works great until I restart Mozilla -- it seems to
reset this  field each time. Very annoying.

PS: sure would be nice to have this setting as a preference (Open new links in
same window, in new window, in tabbed window).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Windows Explorer, Tools->Folder Options
2. Select "URL: HyperText Transfer Protocol", click Advanced
3. Change open command's DDE Message from "%1",,-1,0,,,, to "%1",,0,0,,,,
4. Note clicking on links (eg, in Outlook) opens new Mozilla window
5. Close and restart Mozilla -- note DDE Message has reverted

Actual Results:  
it reset the DDE Message

Expected Results:  
It should leave the DDE Message alone. Only reset it when "default browser"
Preference is changed.

Comment 1

[Jason M. Abels]

Has the open command changed under Tools->Folder Options?

Comment 2

[timeless]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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