298114 - Firefox start menu shortcuts created by installer have trailing double-quote

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[unik64]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

The start menu shortcuts created by the Firefox installer have a trailing
double-quote, whereas Windows systems generally want either both leading and
trailing double-quotes (not required in newer versions), or none at all.
However, the link functions fine and this is merely a question of aesthetics. :)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click Start, hover mouse over Programs, hover over 'Mozilla Firefox'.
2. Right-click on 'Mozilla Firefox' shortcut, and then click Properties.
Actual Results:  
On the 'Shortcut' tab, in the 'Target' field, the contents have a trailing
double-quote.

Example (on my system, have changed setup directory from c:\program
files\mozilla firefox\ to c:\program files\mozilla firefox 1.0.4\ due to
previous installation):

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4\firefox.exe"

Expected Results:  
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4\firefox.exe

Not even slightly important, but nice to have fixed.

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

This works for me on the latest trunk build and on 1.0.4.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Adam Guthrie]

WORKSFORME after installing 1.0.7 today. The location of firefox.exe has to be
quoted since it has spaces in its location.