300055 - Deep Park latest trunk (2005-07-07) alters my default browser settings

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Luca M.]

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

I installed Deep Park latest trunk 20050707. When the setup asked me for:

"Do you want to make Deep Park your default browser"

I answered NO.

But on my Windows start menu the browser is changed from my old Firefox 1.0.4 to
Deep Park...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install deep park latest trunk
2. answer No at the question of "Do you want to make Deep Park your default browser"
3.

Actual Results:  
Default browser in start menu is Deep Park

Expected Results:  
Default browser in start menu should be the default browser...

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

The one in the start menu (installed by the installer, which seems to have
overwritten the Firefox entry) is not the default browser. A default browser is
the one that will open when you click a *.html file

Comment 2

[Luca M.]

Ok, I was wrong: predefined browser, instead of default browser.

Comment 3

[William Bumgarner [:zsinj]]

Is this still a valid problem? And why would you want to keep using 1.0.4
reguarly if you downloaded a nightly?

Comment 4

[Luca M.]

Because it's just a nightly. And if it doesn't work, I can still use my another
Firefox 1.0.4, for "emergency". Think if I've "uninstalled" Internet Explorer or
if I use Linux (no other browser), it's not a bad idea.

Comment 5

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

The registry entry format for defining the start menu entry is the executable name so with firefox it is firefox.exe. This doesn't allow for multiple startmenu entries for the same app installed in different locations. I'm not sure how to best solve this while keeping to the standard naming convention.

Comment 6

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 2? If not, can you please close this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Comment 7

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5pre) Gecko/20070531 BonEcho/2.0.0.5pre ID:2007053104
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