Closed Bug 247072 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Windows display an error message when opening URL in Firefox

Categories

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

x86
Windows 2000
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 246078

People

(Reporter: m_kaut, Assigned: bugs)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.9 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.9 If Windows try to open an URL (either by clicking on a *.url file, or by external application trying to show an URL in a default viewer), the page is displayed, but the system shows a following error message: "Cannot find the file 'http://the.link' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." On my system, the default action for *.url files is "open", defined as "rundll32.exe shdocvw.dll,OpenURL %l" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set Firefox as a default browser. 2. Doubleclick any *.url file. 3. Actual Results: The url is opened in Firefox, but the system (Windows) displays an error message that has to be closed.
This is a duplicate of bug 246078 (see also bug 137363).
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 246078 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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