288582 - Launching Firefox causes various files appearing on desktop

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[BobV]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

I downloaded an updated version of Firefox after deleting the version previously
present on my emachines computer.  Now everytime I click on the Firefox icon on
my desktop to launch it, various files (eg., cookies.txt, secmod.db, etc., plus
folders labelled: extensions, chrome, and Cache) suddenly appear on the desktop.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on Firefox icon on desktop
2. 
3.

Actual Results:  
various files (eg., cookies.txt, secmod.db, etc., plus folders labelled:
extensions, chrome, and Cache) suddenly appeared on the desktop at the same time
as the Firefox browser window opened.

Expected Results:  
Only opening or launching the Firefox browser.

I took a screenshot of the desktop after lauching the browser and saved it in
MSPAINT. I wish I could included it as an attachment to this message. Perhaps I
can send it when responding to your expected Email message.

Comment 1

[BobV]

Attachment: screenshot of desktop

Screenshot of desktop showing in 3rd & 4th columns most of files & folders
(except the two bottom folders there) plus in the 2nd column the "extensions"
folder and the two files below it; all that appeared automatically on launching
Firefox.

Comment 2

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

Somehow the Desktop folder has gotten specified as Firefox's Profile folder.
What you can do is:
 1. Close Firefox (File -> Exit)
 2. From the Windows taskbar, Start -> Run, and type in
        firefox -ProfileManager
    and press OK
 3. Press the "Delete Profile" button
 4. In the confirmation dialog, press "Don't Delete Files". Deleting files here
    would delete all the your desktop contents, so it's not a good idea to do.
 5. Press "Create Profile", and follow through the wizard using the default
    settings.
 6. Press the "Start Firefox" button.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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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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