262167 - Windows Installer creates Directory in Startmenu with "Create Icons in Startmenu" unchecked

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 245392

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Philipp Frank]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a4) Gecko/20040928 Firefox/0.9.1+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a4) Gecko/20040928 Firefox/0.9.1+

The Windows Installer of Firefox does create an empty Folder named "Mozilla
Firefox" in the Users Startmenu even when the Checkbox in the Custom Setup
options of the Installer for "Create Icons for Firefox - In my Start Menu
Programms Folder" is unchecked. This (empty) folder should not be created.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Delete the folder "Mozilla Firefox" in users Startmenu
2. Run the Installer
3. Choose "Custom" Setup
4. Unflag Checkbox for "Create Icons for Firefox - In my Start Menu Programms
Folder"
5. Continue Installation


Actual Results:  
Any empty folder named "Mozilla Firefox" is created in the Users Startmenu.

Expected Results:  
Dont create the emtpy folder named "Mozilla Firefox" in the Users Startmenu.

Workaround: Delete the folder after each Installation.

Comment 1

[Ryan Polk (Quark)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 245392 ***