Closed Bug 238294 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Installing over existing Firefox 0.8 overwrites default profile.

Categories

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Installer
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: matt, Assigned: bugs)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040322 Firefox/0.8 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040322 Firefox/0.8 Downloaded Firefox 22-Mar-04 nightly. Ran installer (.exe), chose defaults. When import wizard appeared, clicked Cancel. On running Firefox, bookmarks have disappeared, settings are reset, etc. Default profile dir (\Documents and Settings\matt\Application Data\Firefox\Profiles\default\blah.slt\) was overwritten with factory install. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: Actual Results: Cleared all personal data. Expected Results: Left the existing default profile alone.
Worksforme with Firefox 20040425 on windows XP.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
QA Contact: bugzilla → installer
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