Closed
Bug 231992
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
Browser adds .GIF extension to all files of unknown type
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WORKSFORME
People
(Reporter: Allen.Windhorn, Unassigned)
References
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Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030827
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030827
When I select the file c:\NTDETECT.COM, I get a message box headed "Opening
NTDETECT.COM.gif," and it says, "The file 'NTDETECT.COM.gif' is of type
application/octet-stream (GIF Image), and Mozilla does not know how to handle
this file type." This is true of other types of file for which there is no
plug-in as well.
Actual gif files are handled OK.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select menu File/Open File.../
2. Select a file with an extension Mozilla won't recognize (you can rename a
file). Select a file that is NOT a GIF file. The file may be on the WWW or on
your disk. I picked NTDETECT.COM because it should be on most people's hard
drive and easy to find. I DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO OPEN NTDETECT.COM WITH THE
BROWSER -- I'm only using it as an example so you can see what happens.
3. Note that .gif extension has been added, and if "Save to disk" is selected,
it will be saved with the .gif extension, even though it is not a GIF file.
Actual Results:
Actual Results:
Message box as described. Note that the extension .gif has been added to the
file, even though the file is not a GIF file.
Expected Results:
Expected Results:
Should have tried to open the file as actual type, which is .com? At least it
should report the correct type of file, and offer to save it under its actual
name (NTDETECT.COM) rather than as NTDETECT.COM.gif.
This may be related to an earlier bug (I think it is fixed in 1.5b) where any
downloaded file of an unknown type would be saved as a gif image.
Reporter | ||
Comment 1•21 years ago
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See Bug #218227 for additional comments.
Comment 2•21 years ago
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could you please upgrade Mozilla to 1.6 and create a new profile?
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Comment 3•21 years ago
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Do you have a mapping from application/octet-stream to .gif in your preferences?
Comment 4•21 years ago
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Reporter, no one can reproduce this bug as described. If you can't provide steps
to reproduce this bug in a recent version of Mozilla with a new profile, or give
us any clue to what might be causing the problem, this is going to be marked WFM.
Reporter | ||
Comment 5•21 years ago
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This bug is fixed in V1.6. Thanks.
Updated•21 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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