308448 - After downloading I cannot launch applications such as Sunbird or Mozilla.

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(Calendar :: Sunbird Only, defect)

Description

[John B]

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

I am trying to launch Sunbird 0.2 using Firefox 1.06. Download seems OK, slow as
I only have 52k Dial Up but OK. 
Get the "done" message then click "open". I get a warning message about an
executable file, etc.,.
Click "OK"
Then get "External Protocol Request" Warning.
Saying "an external file must be launched to handle file, link: requested link:
"file///C:%5CDocuments%20and%20%settings%5Cjohn..." falls off end of message.
"unless you are expecting this message..."

Click On "launch application" then nothing.

Same happens when I try to download Mozzilla.

I downloaded from 
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird_download.html

Both the installer and the zip version, same result.

Other downloads seem to work.
 
Any advice pls?

J

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Download Subird 0.2 from 
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird_download.html 
2. When complete click "Open"
3. Warning message - click "OK"
4. Launch Application/External Protocol Request Warning - click "Launch Application"

Actual Results:  
Nothing! 

Expected Results:  
Launched Subird or Mozilla

Build platform
target
i586-pc-msvc

Build tools
Compiler 	Version 	Compiler flags
$(CYGWIN_WRAPPER) cl 	12.00.8804 	-TC -nologo -W3 -nologo -Gy -Fd$(PDBFILE)
$(CYGWIN_WRAPPER) cl 	12.00.8804 	-TP -nologo -W3 -nologo -Gy -Fd$(PDBFILE)

Configure arguments
--disable-ldap --disable-mailnews
--enable-extensions=cookie,xml-rpc,xmlextras,pref,transformiix,universalchardet,webservices,inspector,gnomevfs,negotiateauth
--enable-crypto --disable-composer --enable-single-profile
--disable-profilesharing --enable-optimize --disable-debug --disable-tests
--enable-static --disable-shared --enable-official-branding

Comment 1

[Stephanie Daugherty [:sdaugherty]]

I can tell for sure if this is a firefox or a sunbird issue... does this still happen with current sunbird and firefox versions? as I understand it, nothing happens after launching the application, which could mean either that firefox never launched it, or sunbird was launched, but failed to load.

Please let me know by commenting here if you have any luck with a newer version, or if you are able to launch sunbird directly. Thanks.

Comment 2

[Martin Schröder [:mschroeder]]

WFM with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5pre) Gecko/20070604 BonEcho/2.0.0.5pre downloading http://download.mozilla.org/?product=sunbird-0.3.1&os=win&lang=en-US. I don't think Sunbird (better: the installer or zip package) caused this problem.

Comment 3

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

WFM on Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4 with the latest Sunbitrd 0.5 RC1 installer.

--> WFM

Comment 4

[Stephanie Daugherty [:sdaugherty]]

-> VERIFIED based on #2 and #3

Reporter, if you are still around, you'll probably have more luck with http://www.mozilla.org/support/

Comment 5

[John B]

No longer a prob. I tried later (months) & it all worked. 

Tks

J