254854 - Multiple entries for old Firefox versions in "Add or Remove Programs" control panel

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 247884

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Craig Box]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.8

I first installed Firefox 0.8 on Windows XP, then installed 0.9, 0.9.1 and 0.9.3
over the top of it, each time to the same (Default) directory.

"Add or Remove Programs" in the Control panel lists all four versions.

Reproducible: Didn't try
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Firefox (click "yes" blindly in the installer)
2. Install another version over the top by the same method


Actual Results:  
An entry for each version is listed in the Add or Remove Programs capplet

Expected Results:  
Only the most recent version should be listed

Comment 1

[Craig Box]

I have checked another PC which first had 0.9.2 installed, followed by 0.9.3,
and can confirm the same fault.

Comment 2

[PikeUK]

*** Bug 255063 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Mike Harris]

I have also confirmed this bug on both Windows XP Professional, and Windows 2000
Professional.  I had to manually go into the registry and remove the previous
versions keys to remove it from the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs menu. 
When doing an "upgrade" install of Firefox, the installer should automatically
remove the registry keys associated with the previous version to avoid conflicts
in the Add/Remove Programs menu.  

Problems also arise, when you choose to uninstall the current or the previous
version.  If you uninstall either one, it will not let you uninstall the other,
because of bad registry keys, and not finding the uninstall file for the second. 

I also believe that the severity of the bug should be increased from minor to
normal. 

Comment 4

[Michael Lefevre]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 247884 ***