224846 - [INSTALLER] Firefox does not run on freshly installed Windows 98 machines

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Installer, defect, P3)

Description

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Starting the Firebird.exe file on a clean install of Windows 98 produces an
error - linked to file 'oleaut32' which is not found. Sounds like we're either
linking against something we don't need in the static build, or we're not
distributing a required dll file.

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

*** Bug 225013 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Adjusting summary in anticipation of a possible fix for bug 224989 and to make
finding installer bugs easier. Also taking QA Contact.

Comment 3

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Moving to new installer component.

Comment 4

[Ali Ebrahim]

If we ever start distributing builds built with VS.NET, we're going to have the
same problem, possibly, because the C/C++ runtimes are no longer shared system
files, but need to be distributed with the application itself
(msvcr70.dll/msvcp70.dll for VS.NET 2002 and msvcr71.dll/msvcp71.dll for VS.NET
2003).

I think that Microsoft is pushing people towards using their MSI installer
package on Windows.

Comment 5

[Jeff Walden [:Waldo]]

*** Bug 240014 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Felix Miata]

I got the oleaut32 error on a Win98 installation several years old, using the
ZIP version of 0.8. What is [INSTALLER] doing in the summary? Why is the
component installer?

Comment 7

[XFox]

Firefox works fine for me in a fresh install of Windows XP. I can't say the same
about Mozilla. It installs properly with no errors, but running the exe does
nothing. Double click, see the hour glass, see it vanish, notice nothing happens
(not even an added process).

Comment 8

[Jeff Walden [:Waldo]]

(In reply to comment #7)
If indeed that's verifiable, it's another bug, not this one.

Comment 9

[Zach Spoelstra]

*** Bug 238160 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10

[Peter Wood]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Starting the Firebird.exe file on a clean install of Windows 98 produces an
> error - linked to file 'oleaut32' which is not found. Sounds like we're either
> linking against something we don't need in the static build, or we're not
> distributing a required dll file.

I got this error with a new install of Windows 98. I downloaded a newer version
of oleaut32.dll (I think it was from www.dll-flies.com) and firefox now seems to
be working fine. I noticed that previously my computer had another version of
oleaut32.dll which was about half the size, so the file oleaut32.dll isn't
missing, its just a really old version.

Comment 11

[Peter Edlund]

In my installation of windows 98 (not fresh) I, instead of getting an error in 
oleaut32, get the 'FIREFOX caused an invalid page fault in module SECUR32.DLL' 
message on startup.

Comment 12

[Roland Bengtsson]

I tried to install "Firefox Setup 1.0PR.exe" on a fresh installation of Windows 
98. The installation runs fine but when I start firefox I got an dialog that 
complained about a missing oleaut32.dll.

Comment 13

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

WONTFIX - Firefox 3 won't support Windows 98.