Closed Bug 252705 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Firefox recursively opens windows when selected as application to open PDFs

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
File Handling
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 218257

People

(Reporter: phoenix, Assigned: bugs)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.9
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.9

If I select a PDF link to open, Firefox will ask what application to use to open
the PDF. If I then select Firefox as the appropriate application, Firefox
attempts to recursively open windows (one opens the next, which opens the next,
which opens the next, etc) until I kill the application through the process manager.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select PDF link to open
2. Select Firefox as the application to open PDF
3.

Actual Results:  
Unlimited windows were opened.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should disallow itself as a valid choice for unknown file types.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 218257 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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