388867 - Firefox attempts to install the update to 2.0.0.5 in a WindowsXP restricted account

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Martin Sachs]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5) Gecko/20070713 Firefox/2.0.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5) Gecko/20070713 Firefox/2.0.0.5

Firefox updated itself to 2.0.0.5 today. I logged onto Administrator for the update. The update was applied with no problem and Firefox runs normally in the administrative accounts. In my normal restricted account, "About Firefox" now shows version 2.0.0.5. However, every time I start Firefox in the restricted account, it again attempts to install the update and complains that it (obviously) does not have the necessary permissions. How can I get it to stop trying to update itself again in the restricted account?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Every time Firefox starts in a restricted account, it attempts to update to 2.0.0.5 although it has already been udpated.
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Actual Results:  
Start Firefox in a WindowsXP restricted account after having updated it to 2.0.0.5 in an administrative account.

Expected Results:  
Firefox displays its installation failure message and then the site I was going to is displayed.

Firefox should recognize that it has already been updated.

Comment 1

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

Could you take a look at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Updates_reported_when_running_newest_version if this helps to fix your problem ? 

The Problem that normal users are asked for the update that they cannot apply is covered in Bug 383518

Comment 2

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

No reply to comment #1 in well over a year so resolving incomplete