280116 - Save As fails to save anything in Mozilla v1.8 alpha 6

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 180672

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[Webmaster33]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050111 MultiZilla/1.7.0.1j
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20050111 MultiZilla/1.7.0.1j

Save As fails to save anything.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Press CTRL+S
2. Press Enter
3. view folder. nothing.




Javascript error shows:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80040154 (NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED) [nsITransfer.init]"  nsresult:
"0x80040154 (NS_ERROR_FACTORY_NOT_REGISTERED)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://communicator/content/contentAreaUtils.js :: internalSave :: line 376" 
data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.getService]"  nsresult:
"0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://communicator/content/tasksOverlay.js :: toDownloadManager :: line 51" 
data: no]

Comment 1

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

1. Shutdown Mozilla.
2. Find "compreg.dat".
3. Delete it.


Even easier, type "about:plugins" into the URL bar and hit enter, then browse
normally.

Does that help?  If so this is a DUP of bug 180672.

Comment 2

[OstGote!]

contentAreaUtils.js ... quite sure a duplicate.

Comment 3

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 180672 ***