299435 - ERROR Message which Stops the Installation process

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

From URL http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ I clicked on -- Free Download
Firefox 1.0.4 for Windows, English (4.7MB)
Followed the steps...RUN, NEXT, AGREE, RUN...
At some point in the process, it STOPS & gives the error:  en-US Language 
Pack: -208 INVALID_ARGUMENTS

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open IE goto mozilla.com...click FREE DOWnLOAD Ff 1.0.4
2.GOT ERROR MESSAGE as described above.   Researched FAQ..
3.Tryed by uninsalling & removing Old Version & ALL C:Program Files
4.Went through process again

Actual Results:  
same ERROR MESSAGE AND HAULT IN INSTALLATION!At some point in the process, it 
STOPS & gives the error:  en-US Language Pack: -208 INVALID_ARGUMENTS

Expected Results:  
iNSTALL the lasted version of FireFox 1.0.4

My BUG is similar to #272542 #299206  that i have found on your site...
I am afraid to RE-Boot for fear of loosing ALL my BOOKMARKS.  
This maybe connected to some other strange bugs occurring lately.  EG. I 
installed some Extensions & themes a few weeks ago (for the first time. The 
next day,I was asked for USER PROFILE(never did before), & my bookmarks were 
erased.  Then strange bugs(WHICH I did a SEND REPORT)..so.. so I did a System 
Restore to earlier time... Got :rstrui.exe would not UNRESTORE!
Spent hours reseaching & running checks on my pc...All good...continued working 
from the EARLIER time to find errors every time I attempted to log onto web 
through MOZ FF desktop icon.  So, I decided to upgrade versions through IE...
and here we are!
PS.  I recall some type of error when i upgraded back in JAn. 05(?ish) but i 
just hit something which made FF work, so I never bothered you with it

Comment 1

[Flaky Jake]

I encountered this too. I uninstalled my EN-us 1.0.6 and tried to install EN-us
1.0.7 from mozilla.org. Custom install with developer tools and talkback
selected, halfway done, the install pops up this 208 error and stops without
never finishing. http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6539/screenhunter0020eo.jpg

However after moving away my c:\program files\mozilla firefox folder and doing a
ccleaner registry cleanup I was able to install normally. Strange stuff.

Comment 2

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

This is wfm with the new installer that landed - bug 326580. Reporter, could you please confirm with a latest 1.8.1 branch nightly? Thanks.
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8

Comment 3

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

-> no reply/feedback for the question if this is fixed for the reporter on a 1.8.1 build ->  incomplete