299570 - Preferences not flushed to disk when asked nicely to exit

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Chris Davies]

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

When Windows shuts down, it first asks all running applications nicely to exit.
When Firefox recieves this notification, it simply exits, making no attempt to
save preferences to disk.

This results in, e.g., lost home page settings, etc.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start firefox, and set the home page to a different site
2. Click Start -> Turn off the Computer -> Restart
3. Restart firefox after the reboot, the homepage will be unchanged from the
last run.

Actual Results:  
Preferences not saved.

Expected Results:  
Preferences should be flushed to disk and reloaded on next invocation.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Works for me. Probably you have an account without writing permissions or you
need to create a new profile.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38

Comment 2

[Chris Davies]

Maybe I should have been a little clearer in the steps to reproduce:

1) Start Firefox
2) Navigate to any website
3) Set the home page by dragging the page icon to the home icon
4) Reboot the computer
5) Restart firefox

This is reproducable always, and there are similar preferences which are simply
not saved.

Comment 3

[Seairth Jacobs]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716
Firefox/1.0.6

I was able to reproduce the problem.  If you make any configuration changes,
then shut down Windows without first closing the browser, the settings are lost.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.