Closed Bug 346685 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Firefox will not install on an out of the box windows 98 first edition PC without having to upgrade Internet Explorer

Categories

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Installer
Platform:
x86
Windows 98
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 276515

People

(Reporter: PiAndWhippedCream, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) Build Identifier: Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 The Firefox installer unpacks itself then quits unless a later version of IE is installed rather then the IE 4. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Format a PC's Hard drive. 2.Install Windows 98 FE. 3.Download Firefox Installer 4.Attempt to install Actual Results: Firefox installer unpacks files, then closes leaving no trace. Expected Results: Brought up the installation wizzard The problem mesteryously vanishes when IE 6 is installed on the PC.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 276515 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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