Closed Bug 290614 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Umlauted characters in folder's name cause problems while loading files.

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

x86
Windows 98
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 263570

People

(Reporter: phuxor, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fi-FI; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050318 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fi-FI; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050318 Firefox/1.0.2

I've created two html files on my desktop. When I open the first one, everything
works fine - but when I try to open the other one, I get this error:

"The file /c:/WINDOWS/Ty%F6p%F6yt%E4/foo.html cannot be found. Please check the
location and try again."

(The garbled part is the word "Työpöytä", Finnish for "Desktop")

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create/put two html files on the desktop.
2. Open either one.
3. Try to open the other one.

Actual Results:  
I got an error message saying 
"The file /c:/WINDOWS/Ty%F6p%F6yt%E4/foo.html cannot be found. Please check the
location and try again."

Expected Results:  
Both files should've been loaded.
I did a bit more research and realized that the bug is due to the umlauted
characters included in the path. The bug also occurs when there are umlauted
characters in the filenames.
Summary: Can only load one file (located on the desktop) at a time. → Umlauted characters in folder's name cause problems while loading files.
see also bug 263570

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 263570 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
This occurs for "legacy" folders. I'm still encountering some atm. 

Workaround: Quit TB. Find the folder in filesystem. Remove .msf, remove .sdb if empty. Rename folder (and possibly .sdb). Restart TB -> Works.

Apparently it does not concern folders with umlauts that were created after a certain version.
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