239385 - ZIP versions of FF do not set Registry correctly

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 246078

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[idgreenwald]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040331 Firefox/0.8.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040331 Firefox/0.8.0+

When a zip version of FF is used and set as the default browser and then a link
from TB is clicked, FF will open the page correctly BUT TB also opens a box
asking what to do with the link.  This occurs ONLY IF there are no installed
versions of Mozilla or Firefox on the machine.  When either of them are
installed FF performs correctly.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Uninstall all FF and/or FF exe installs
2.Make a zip install the default browser.
3.Click on a link in TB

Actual Results:  
FF opened the page correctly, but TB also asks what to do with the file.

Expected Results:  
Open the link in FF and nothing else.

Comment 1

[idgreenwald]

OOPS

1.Uninstall all Mozilla and/or FF exe installs

Comment 2

[idgreenwald]

Workaround:

1. Install exe version of FF.
2. Make it default browser.
3. Delete the contents of the program folder.
4. Unzip FF into the program folder.

Comment 3

[Neil Parks]

In my case (Win ME) the problem occurred although I do have Moz 1.6 installed,
and I do (like the reporter) always place the zipped nightlies into the
directory where I formerly had the installer version of the 0.8 milestone.

The workaround that worked for me was to set another browser (first IE and then
Moz) as default browser, and then set FF as default browser.

Comment 4

[Todd]

I found something interesting.  From "Start", "Run"

1)  this works:

"C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\MozillaFirefox\firefox.exe" "file:///C:/Program
Files/mozilla.org/MozillaFirefox/SingingHorses.swf"


2)  this does not:

"C:\Program Files\mozilla.org\MozillaFirefox\firefox.exe" "C:/Program
Files/mozilla.org/MozillaFirefox/SingingHorses.swf"


I will not try the work around on this computer (the one showing the problem),
just in case the developers want to send me a .reg file to try out.
(Oh my gosh!  Did I just volunteer!?!?!)

--Tony

Comment 5

[idgreenwald]

(In reply to comment #0)
>When either of them are installed FF performs correctly.

This should have said:
"When either of them are installed AND ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN DEFAULT BROWSER, FF
performs correctly."

Comment 6

[Paul Hardacre]

Just to add to this, it seems it's not limited to zip builds. If I install 0.8,
uninstall 0.8 and then install a newer installer build (say 20040401) I get the
same results as the original reporter.

If I don't uninstall 0.8 and just install 20040401 over the top of 0.8 the
problem doesn't occur, although I do get another prompt stating Firefox is not
currently the default browser. I suspect that the later versions are doing
something subtly different with registry keys that causes problems.

Comment 7

[Ryan Polk (Quark)]

I have a sneaking suspicion this was the 2windows bug, albiet only one small
case of it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 246078 ***