Closed Bug 291969 Opened 20 years ago Closed 18 years ago

MSI installer does not completely install FF for non-admin users

Categories

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Installer
Version:
1.0 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: maddhatt+mozillabugz, Unassigned)

Details

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

Install the Firefox from a nightly MSI build. Log in as a non-admin user. When
the user clicks on Firefox, firefox.exe fires up and sits in the process table,
but no browser ever appears. It seems that firefox is just hung.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:




I realize the instructions indicate an admin user should start the application
once, but this isn't practical in cases where the application is deployed via
group policy. The MSI needs to create <whatever files are created when an admin
first runs the program> on behalf of the user.
Assignee: bugs → nobody
QA Contact: bugzilla → installer
Version: unspecified → 1.0 Branch
Mozilla is not using an MSI installer anymore, so this is entirely moot.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 18 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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