Closed Bug 292035 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Download manager dialog cannot correctly handle downloads saved to floppy disks.

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
critical

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 142664

People

(Reporter: budd512, Assigned: bugs)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3

When I download and save files to floppy disks, the download manager enters
an infinite loop. Usually, someone else that uses my computer saves downloaded
files directly to floppies. When I use my computer and I open the Download
Manager dialog to view and 'clean-up' recent downloads, Firefox enters an
infinite loop that continuously asks for one to insert a floppy into a:\. I
don't know what floppy was used to save the files, because I'm not the one who
saved the files.
This is a major problem, because the only way to stop the loop is to 
ctrl+alt+del and close Firefox. This is very annoying as I don't always know
that a floppy was used; thus, I unexpectedly encounter this problem.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download and save a file directly to a 3.5 floppy disk.
2. Remove the disk, and open the Downloads dialog.
3. The infinite loop is entered.
4. Press ctrl + alt + del to exit Firefox

Actual Results:  
I encounter an infinite loop that repeatedly requests that 
I insert a floppy disk.

Expected Results:  
The Downloads dialog should display the list of recently downloaded files.

I would suggest that Firefox store the recently downloaded files'
data in a file or cache that is stored on the hd (regardless of 
where it was saved to) so that it does not have to have a floppy 
inserted/present to open the Downloads dialog.
You should be able to work around this by clearing your download history.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 142664 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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