309398 - Preferences won't save in options.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Daryl]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

I've just re-installed Mozilla Firefox (vs 1.0.6)on my computer (Running ME).
When ever I attempt to change any settings in the options (i.e home page) I get
a "Failed t save the preferences file. Any Pref..... will be lost at the end of
this session"). Also, when attempting to add bookmarks, the window stays open
(doesn't confirm, or close) If I click o.k. three times, it is entered 3 times.
I did not have any issues with the previous program.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to Options via tools menu.
2.Change Home Page URL
3.Click OK

Actual Results:  
Error message - every time!

Expected Results:  
Saved new URL address and home page

Comment 1

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

> just re-installed Mozilla Firefox
Really?
Didn't you backup profile to CD or DVD-ROM and restore from it?

Comment 2

[zug_treno]

(In reply to comment #0)
> When ever I attempt to change any settings in the options (i.e home page) I 
> get a "Failed t save the preferences file. Any Pref..... will be lost at the end > of this session"). 

Related to/duplicate of bug 314031 and/or bug 277083? 

> Also, when attempting to add bookmarks, the window stays open
> (doesn't confirm, or close) If I click o.k. three times, it is entered 3 times.

Related to bug 226732?

Comment 3

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Reporter, is it still a problem with Firefox 3.5.2?