Closed Bug 375260 Opened 17 years ago Closed 17 years ago

upgrade leaves old version entry under "add/remove programs"

Categories

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 375000

People

(Reporter: ofek, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; he; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; he; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

Upgraded from 2.0.0.2 to 2.0.0.3, from within firefox.  The installed programs list in control-panel/add-remove-programs now includes a duplicate entry :
Mozilla firefox (2.0.0.2)
Mozilla firefox (2.0.0.3)

Specifically, the uninstaller did not remove the registry key -
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Mozilla Firefox (2.0.0.2)
but yet added the key -
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Mozilla Firefox (2.0.0.3).

The two keys are practically identical, except the old key using 8-char folder names.  running the uninstall script on the old version (as unsuspecting users certainly may do), will result in uninstallation of the latest (and only) version.

I deleted the old key manually, and didn't go through with checking reproducibility.


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Running FF 2.0.0.2, choose 'check for updates' from within FF and update to 2.0.0.3.
2.run the update, restart FF.
3. check out control-panel/add-remove-progs
Actual Results:  
duplicate entry:
Mozilla firefox (2.0.0.2)
Mozilla firefox (2.0.0.3)

Expected Results:  
single entry:
Mozilla firefox (2.0.0.3)
Additional registry keys removed manually:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox\2.0.0.2 (he)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2

and an additional comment:  i'm using the Hebrew UI for FF.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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