43270 - Running a second instance of mozilla.exe does not work

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 50424

(Core Graveyard :: Cmd-line Features, defect, P3)

Description

[Koike Kazuhiko]

Browser can't be launched after launching mail by "-mail" option.

(1) On Command prompt, execute "mozilla -mail".
(2) Execute "mozilla". Nothing happens.

WinNT Build: 2000061808

Comment 1

[Ryoichi Furukawa]

This bug is happened following situation.
(1) on command prompt, enter 'mozilla.exe -mail'.
    It launch Mozilla Messenger window.

(2) while Messenger window is opened, enter 'mozilla.exe'.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(3) Moziila Browser is not launched.

(add [e-mail] to CC:)

Comment 2

[lchiang]

This is invalid.  When you use -mail parameter, you're already launching 
"mozilla.exe".  To bring up the browser, you will need to choose the menu item 
from the Tasks menu in the mail window.  You can't run two instances of 
"mozilla.exe"

Comment 3

[lchiang]

.

Comment 4

[Ryoichi Furukawa]

Why invalid?

I want to use Mozilla same as Communicator4.x.

I created tow shortcut icon on my windows desktop.
One is "mozilla.exe" for launching a browser, and another one is
"mozilla.exe -mail" for launching a messenger.
While using messenger, "mozilla.exe" shortcut seems be disable.

In other case, when I iconize a messenger in a task bar,
do I need to open(normalize window) a messenger for using browser?

Do I need to open a messenger at a once, for use browser?

Comment 5

[Ryoichi Furukawa]

sorry, last one line was too much.

Comment 6

[Koike Kazuhiko]

Mozilla for Linux can be launched by executing "./mozilla" on
shell prompt after launching mailer. 

Comment 7

[lchiang]

I don't think this is a mail problem. You'd probably get the same issue if try 
to start the browser and composer (w/ -composer parameter).  

Comment 8

[Wilson Bilkovich]

Perhaps the default action when launching mozilla.exe with no parameters should
be to open a new "Navigator" window, no matter what else is running.. This is
the behavior that IE5 exhibits, etc, etc..

Comment 9

[fig\tree]

This seems to be a Win32-only bug. I think the expected behavior is to open the
requested application specified on the cmd line, for example:
-mail would open the messenger, etc.
if no application is specified then it should default to new Navigator window.

Revising summary to more accurately reflect behavior. Updating component.
Confirmed on Win32 nightly 070608.

Comment 10

[Scott MacGregor]

I doubt we get to this in beta3. adding 4xp parity keyword. 

Comment 11

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Attachment: An easy fix

Comment 12

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 50424 ***

Comment 13

[Stephen Walker]

vrfy dup