250473 - Thunderbird will not start when installed using "runas"

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Installer, defect)

Description

[John Holmes]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.8

When logged into Windows XP as a limited user, I installed the latest release of
Thunderbird by right clicking on the file and choosing Runas and used an
administrator account. I installed the new version over the already existing
version on the D: drive. The installation did not report an errors. Upon trying
to start the new version of Thunderbird, I'm presented with an endless stream of
dialog boxes about an "entry point":

Application Popup: THUNDER~1.EXE - Entry Point Not Found: The procedure entry
point ? AssignWithConversion@nsString@@QAEXPBD@Z could not be located in the
dynamic link library xpcom.dll

Restarting the computer had no effect. 

May just be a Windows issue, but I've installed programs like this before
without issues. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Thunderbird while logged into a limited account using the "Runas"
option (right click on program)
2. Attempt to start Thunderbird after installation
3.

Actual Results:  
Endless dialog boxes and application would not start. Had to log off or restart
computer to end dialog boxes. 

Expected Results:  
Started

Comment 1

[Scott MacGregor]

you didn't do a clean install. read the release notes for more details.