267410 - XML Parsing Error after 1.0RC1 Software Update; Firefox removed from Currently Installed Programs

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 266339

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Andrew K.]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041026 Firefox/1.0RC1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041026 Firefox/1.0RC1

Updated from 1.0PR to 1.0RC1 using documented Software Update
(http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/qa/softwareupdate.html).  Several
issues occurred after the software updated:

Issue #1:  Firefox won't start in regular mode or safe mode.
'XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: chrome://browser/content/browser.xul
Line Number 910, Column 33:
chromedir="&locale.dir;">--------------------^'

Issue #2:  Firefox no longer listed as an installed program under the Windows XP
Add/Remove Programs Control Panel applet.  I can't uninstall Firefox.

Issue #3:  Firefox Software Update placed icons for the browser and safe mode in
the root of my Start Menu Programs Folder.  When I originally installed 1.0PR,
the installer created a Start Menu Folder called Mozilla Firefox and placed the
two icons in the Mozilla Firefox folder.  Firefox Software Update should follow
the same behavior.

Issue #4:  Firefox Software Update placed an icon on my desktop for Firefox. 
When I originally installed 1.0PR, I unchecked the option to do this.  Firefox
Software Update should follow the same behavior, but it doesn't.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Start with 1.0 PR
2.  Perform Software Update steps in
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/qa/softwareupdate.html.

Actual Results:  
See above.

Expected Results:  
Expected to have 1.0RC1 installed without:
XML parsing error,
extra start menu icons
extra desktop icon
erasing Installed Programs entry

I had to use MSIE to download the "Firefox Setup (1.0rc1, en-US).exe" installer
to recover my system.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

Looks like a duplicate of Bug 266339. Please resolve it if you agree.

Comment 2

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 266339 ***

Comment 3

[Andrew K.]

bug 266339 only addresses Issue #1.  Resolution required on Issue #2, Issue 
#3, and Issue #4.

Comment 4

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Please open one bug for one issue. Bug 266339 addresses the main issue of this
bug, so this bug is a dupe. Please open up new bugs for the other issues.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 266339 ***