250509 - uninstaller should reset file type associations

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 248497

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Freeman Shell]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Creative; FunWebProducts; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: Mozilla 5.0  firefox .092

Whne I loaded Firefox about 3 GB of downloaded files changed from HTML to the 
broken window with no way to chnage them back.  These files represented8-10 man 
months of search refine and download.  Any attempt to aceess these fiels 
referrs me to Firefox.exe.  After the first night I no longer have firefox on 
my computer.  I have lost months of work some not  repeatable installing your 
product as you specified adn deinstalling as you specified.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Search anyone of thousands of files
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
I get a broken winfdow and instructions to go to Firefox.exe

Expected Results:  
Chnaged my files back to HTML AND warned me of the problem before the change 
was made

Comment 1

[PikeUK]

You need to set IE back as the default browser. Run IE go to "Tools->Internet
Options", select the Programs tab and check "IE should check if it is the
default browser", then restart IE and press yes when it asks to be made default
again.

If that doesn't work you'll need to manually change the file type back, ask at
http://forums.mozillazine.org for more instructions.

As for this bug request it would certainly be nice if the uninstaller reset file
associations but I can't believe there isn't already a duplicate report filed
somewhere.

Comment 2

[shadytrees]

It's a dupe of Bug 248497 unless that bug is a dupe of another one.

Comment 3

[PikeUK]

(In reply to comment #2)
> It's a dupe of Bug 248497 unless that bug is a dupe of another one.

OK

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 248497 ***

Comment 4

[OstGote!]

see bug 255225