412583 - clicking on firefox icon does not work if already running

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Yannick Majoros]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11

When already running, I can't click on a link in a mail or on firefox icon to open  a new window. I get the infamous "firefox already running but not responding" error message.

I'm aware of the "parentlock" file, there is one when firefox starts (which is right) and it is being deleted on exit.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click on firefox icon to open a first browser window
2.Click again to open a second window --> error
Actual Results:  
"firefox already running but not responding"

Expected Results:  
Should open a new window.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11

This works for me.
- double click on C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
- double click on C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
gives me two windows.

Comment 2

[Yannick Majoros]

..as it should, as I'm getting on my other computers, or even on the same computer with the admin account, for example (I already tried to make this user an administrator just to see if there was a difference ; there isn't)

Comment 3

[Yannick Majoros]

just tried in latest firefox 3 b2, same problem

Comment 4

[Yannick Majoros]

no feedback?

I'd really like to help fix this, but I think I'd go back to IE7, which works better for me, until I have a solution.

Comment 5

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Please try to get support here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/

Comment 6

[Yannick Majoros]

ok, did that

Comment 7

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Yannick, still see this in FF 3.5? 
iirc some of these issues were fixed in v3. and what's left is better described in other bugs.

Comment 8

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x 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.