249507 - Application hung while importing history

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Migration, defect)

Description

[Gary Bechthold]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040626 Firefox/0.9.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040626 Firefox/0.9.1

I downloaded Firefox for the first time today and was installing it when it hung
while on the step importing History.
I restarted Firefox again and attempted to import bookmarks from Internet
Explorer (latest version) and was unable to import any bookmarks.  I when
through the steps and nothing was imported.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run install program

2.When asked tell the system to import from Internet Explorer
3.Hangs

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
Imported settings, bookmarks, etc and contnue

Comment 1

[keth davson]

I just experienced the same problem, doing a fresh-clean-install (my first) of 
Firefox/0.9.1 under Win98SE.  When it got to the Import phase, I left it on the 
default (first) selection of "import from (similar old stuff)" (even though I 
have none such) and proceeded.  The computer then seemed to hang forever on the 
next window, and the three buttons were ghosted.  Nothing I could do would go 
back, forward, or cancel, I could not close, and had to kill the task.  I then 
re-did the install from the beginning (probably unnecessary -- Firefox was 
already installed?) and this time the Import phase never happened, things 
turned out fine.

What I learned:
* If you don't have anything to Import, don't ask it to try!
* Maybe I did not actually have to re-install, just re-start Firefox.
-k

Comment 2

[bill]

Apparently the same thing.
Installed firefoxsetup-0.9.2.exe (downloaded today) as localadmin on 
windows2000 professional 350mhz 328mbyte.
Options: Developer tools+Quality feedback agent
Import firefox settings
Import Wizard window appears. It says "Importing..." "The following are
currently being imported" (no further text). 
Hangs there for at least 5 minutes. 
Apparently no CPU usage and no disk usage.

Import Wizard window closed by clicking x -icon and remainder of installation 
springs into life, apparently unharmed.

Comment 3

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto [:gcp]]

Also happens with FireFox 1.0PR1.

Comment 4

[Sergey Bykov]

Also happens with:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041027 Firefox/0.9.1+
on Fedora Core 2.

Comment 5

[Mary]

I had similar experience following a clean install of Firefox today. When 
trying to import bookmarks, etc. the programme hung and had to be closed. I'm 
using Windows 2000 Pro.

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

this is two versions old with no comment or dupe in almost 4 years.
I've imported from IE several times in the last few years, nothing big though.
=> WFM

feel free to comment if you see otherwise.