213632 - loading flash plug-in kills all open Mozilla windows

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Elizabeth Greenberg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718

I opened a page that required the flash plug-in.  I am a new user, I had 2
windows open.  With IE I can load a plug-in without killing all of the windows.
I followed the steps, loaded the plug-in and voila, lost everything in the
second window that  I needed.  This is a pain because I needed everything in the
second Mozilla window and now I have to recreate it.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open multiple Mozilla windows.
2.Download and Install Flash plug-in according to instructions.
3.

Actual Results:  
It installed the plug-in but killed all of the windows.

Expected Results:  
Apply the plug-in to the window that it was in, leaving other Mozilla windows
without until re-opened (the Microsoft way) OR warn the user that ALL windows
will be closed and give the option of cancelling the install.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Do you downlaoded the installer from macromedia ?
(it should warn you...)

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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