Closed Bug 419249 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Firefox 3 beta 3 does not install Adobe Flash Player 9,0,115,0

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Installer: XPInstall Engine
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 416396

People

(Reporter: morid_rhosard, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020514 Firefox/3.0b3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020514 Firefox/3.0b3

After receiving notice to update Flash Player security. I updated it to 9,0,115,0 version using Flash Player update software. But my Firefox 3b3 and Opera 9.25 started crashing when attempting to watch videos. So I decided to reinstall Flash Player.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download Flash Player uninstaller: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
2. After uninstalling, open Firefox 3b3 and try to watch a http://www.youtube.com video.
3. Click on pop-up "Install Missing Plugins". After downloading the plugin you will get the following message:

"Firefox could not install this item because "install-5fj..rdf" (provided by the item) is not well-formed or does not exist. Please contact the author about this problem."
Actual Results:  
Does not install Adobe Flash Player 9,0,115,0

Expected Results:  
It must install Adobe Flash Player

Attempts to install Adobe Flash Player 9,0,115,0 using Firefox 2 works perfect.
Component: Extension Compatibility → Plug-ins
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: extension.compatibility → plugins
Version: unspecified → Trunk
The error message is from the XPI installer, component:plugins is wrong.
This is either Plugin finder Service, XPI Install or Macromedia
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: Plug-ins → Installer: XPInstall Engine
Ever confirmed: true
QA Contact: plugins → xpi-engine
Firefox dropped the support for install.js, macromedia must update the xpi.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Bug 416396 is against Linux. This bug is against Windows but was duped to 416396. Is that the right thing to do? Should bug 416396 be filed against more than the Linux platform?
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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