315532 - Firefox icon registration (registry, default, set default)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[hans2hank]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7

Hello,

I am using SHGetFileInfo Windows API Funktion for getting default icon for special file extension. It works fine for every application but not for Firefox. 
If I register e.g. Opera as default browser this function returns Opera's icon, if I register IE, it gets IE's icon, but if I register Firefox, it returns empty icon.
I solved the problem in following way: if I manually delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm registry keys BEFORE setting firefox as default browser (via Firefox itself), everything works fine - funtion returns Firefox's icon.
I think if you during the registration process completely remove these two keys and write your own ones instead of overwriting part of them, it will work properly. 

I tested on WinXP SP2

Many Regards
Jan



Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Elmar Ludwig]

*** Bug 315534 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[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 3

[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.