226178 - Reuse an already running browser window for opening URLs

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 122698

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Eyal Lior]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 Firebird/0.7
Build Identifier: Firebird/0.7

clicking a link in thunderbird (or any other program that looks for the default
browser) causes mozilla to try to open another process. When it happens, one
cannot start another browser process using the same profile. the solution is
like in windows, using DDE. why isn't it working in linux? (since like forever i
think)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start mozilla browser
2. click a link outside mozilla (from thunderbird etc.)
3. try to use the same profile as the one already in use. you can't.



Expected Results:  
Use dde to start a new window with the same profile under the same process.

Comment 1

[Andreas Lange]

Dupe of Bug 122698, detect currently running instance of Mozilla when app is
launched a second time. This one is on the "Most Frequently Reported Bugs"-list.

Comment 2

[Charles Fenwick]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 122698 ***