230772 - goes crazy opens multiple windows when downloading files with .sh extension

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 215554

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[kinger]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031008
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031008

When i click on a file with ".sh" extention <file.sh>, mozilla goes crazy.
Though I like the way it does it, it should be sorted out.

It opens multiple windows continously ..... I mean never stops. it adds a "-1"
to the file name and opens a new mozilla window to download the file with the
new name and again and again.

like when i try downloading <file.sh>
window_original = file.sh
window_1 = file-1.sh
window_2 = file-1-1.sh
window_3 = file-1-1-1.sh
....

What is more i cannot remove any of these instances from download manager.

.p


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.create an empty (or could contain data) file called "file.sh" on local file
system (or anywhere)
2.Point mozilla at it and download
3....

Actual Results:  
It opens multiple windows continously ..... I mean never stops. it adds a "-1"
to the file name and opens a new mozilla window to download the file with the
new name and again and again.

like when i try downloading <file.sh>
window_original = file.sh
window_1 = file-1.sh
window_2 = file-1-1.sh
window_3 = file-1-1-1.sh
....

Expected Results:  
Man, u guys are good no doubt.... but it shiould have downloaded the file what else.

Long live ur community .... and everything other good thing u want to hear from
me .... cause i really likeeeee mozilla..

Comment 1

[Matthias Bockelkamp]

-> WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040110

Comment 2

[Andreas Kunz]

Works for me, too. Current build on Windwos 2000.
kinger, can you try this with a new profile and a current build?
The 1.4 branch has a quite old base...

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

Reporter:
Have you done something in the lane of adding "files of type .sh" to helper
applikationss in preferences, and then set the browser to be the application to
open them with?

Comment 4

[kinger]

1) Tried latest build 

->Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040113

Still remians

2) The settings in helper application are "default", ie. open with default
application.

Comment 5

[Andreas Kunz]

kinger: well, ok, and what _are_ the Windows default settings for .sh files?
Maybe open with Mozilla?
You can easily test this by closing Mozilla, create a file with .sh extension
(may be empty) and doubleclicking it.
Does Mozilla start to open it? Or are you asked which program to use?

Comment 6

[kinger]

OK, You got it. Windows default is to open it with mozilla.

Mozilla has open with default application and default application is Mozilla and
so it goes into an infinite loop.

Maybe we can close this bug... but this is an interesting case.

Step that can lead to this bug

1) I install mozilla in the default configuration which has open with default
app as pre-set.
2) I download a .sh file and say open with mozilla and "unfortunately say"
always open with mozilla.

... and this happens.

From the other mails I have got this seems to be a fairly common "enough"
phenomenon.

Maybe a check to see if the defaut application defaults to mozilla and just open
will do the trick.

Comment 7

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 215554 ***