284178 - FF1.0.1 reports error in xpcom.dll when any page with flash loads

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[admin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1

Upon loading a page with any flash content (I used www.miniclip.com as an
example,  but any page with any flash content will reproduce the error) a dialog
box pops up with the following error.
"The procedure entry point ?get@nsDependentCString@@UBEPBDXZ could not be loaded
in the dynamic link library xpcom.dll"
This bug is very minor, as pressing OK closes the dialog box and flash content
loads properly, but it can get very annoying, especially with the amount of
flash "Free iPod" style ads that are cropping up all over the internet.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Firefox 1.0.1 using the default theme, no extensions, and the Flash
plug-in
2. Navigate to any page with flash content (i.e. www.miniclip.com).


Actual Results:  
Dialog box noted above pops up once for each piece of flash content embedded in
the page. Pressing OK to each dialog box will load the flash successfully.

Expected Results:  
Load Flash without error.

Neither a reinstall of Firefox nor a replacement of xpcom.dll has solved the
problem.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

Do you get the same message in the safemode (without extensions)?

Looks like a duplicate of Bug 246772.

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Reporter:
Please uninstall 1.0.1, delete the whole FF directory manually and reinstall
FF1.0.1 (and reinstall flash).

AN Entry point error indicates to you either have a extension installed that is
using unfrozen interfaces or you have an old .dll in your Firefox directory.

Comment 3

[admin]

My apologies for the duplicate bug, but 246772 did not appear to me when I
searched for xpcom.dll and flash.
Matti: The reinstall solved the problem the second time. I had not realized that
so many things were not deleted by the Firefox uninstaller.

Problem fixed.

Comment 4

[OstGote!]

No patch, no fix.