279293 - Can't launch Composer from Windows Explorer context menu

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: Composer, defect)

Description

[Justin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050111
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050111

When right-clicking a .html file in Windows Explorer, the "edit" menu item does
not launch Composer.  Instead, it launches the Mozilla browser with the default
start page.  The "Open" and "edit" context menu commands stored in the windows
registry are constructed as follows:

Open:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MozillaHTML\shell\open\command]
(Defalt) = C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILLA.ORG\MOZILLA\MOZILLA.EXE -url "%1"

Edit:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MozillaHTML\shell\edit\command]
(Default) = C:\PROGRA~1\MOZILLA.ORG\MOZILLA\MOZILLA.EXE -edit "%1"

Mozilla is not recognizing the "-edit" command line parameter to launch Composer.

This bug has been apparent in 1.8a5 too, and possibly earlier versions.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Mozilla
2. Create a file with the extension .html
3. Right-click the .html file and choose "edit" from the context menu

Actual Results:  
Mozilla launched the web browser with the default start page.

Expected Results:  
Mozilla should launch Composer and open the selected file.

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

WFM, using Mozilla 1.8b1 Composer opens with the selected file. Maybe only a
problem on Windows 98?

Comment 2

[Mark Dowling]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050217

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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