Closed
Bug 400255
Opened 18 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
Auto update should only use long names for installation path in registry
Categories
(Firefox :: Installer, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: whimboo, Unassigned)
Details
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8pre) Gecko/20071016 BonEcho/2.0.0.8pre
If you have an installation of Firefox with following path
"C:\Progra~1\Mozilla Firefox" the auto update should normalize the path name, so it will look like "C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox".
I don't know why a mixed path with the old 8.3 DOS format and the long format was used when I installed Firefox a long time ago. After each update it still remains on that value.
The path inside the registry is mostly hidden for the majority of users but it looks a bit inconsistent. While running the auto update we should check the installation path and use the long format anyway.
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Comment 1•18 years ago
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Trunk uses long paths and the branch uses short paths for OS integration registry keys. The keys that I know of that are mixed on the branch are used by the installer itself and cause no harm. If you audit the keys on the trunk and find mixed paths or If you find a path on the branch that causes a bug then either of those definitely should be fixed. Otherwise, this is a branch only as well as cosmetic and is wontfix.
Version: unspecified → 1.8 Branch
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Comment 2•17 years ago
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It was decided to use short paths for all OS Integration for Firefox 2.0 and long paths for Firefox 3.0. Since there are no known bugs associated with this bug, etc. this is wontfix per comment #1.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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Updated•2 years ago
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Component: NSIS Installer → Installer
Product: Toolkit → Firefox
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