476854 - unability of installation of Thunderbird 2.0, 2.0.0- lightning 0.9 on Windows Internet Explorer 7 V7.0.6001.18000

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Calendar :: General, enhancement)

Description

[michal shtrasberg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; GTB5; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506)
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 2.0, 2.0.0- lightning 0.9 on Windows Internet Explorer 7 V7.0.6001.18000

After I have download the lightning 0.9 of Thunderbird 2.0 to my System- Windows vista with IE7 I confirmed a web search to find a way to run the application. the format changed to *.xpi. as I tried to run it this way my IE crashed

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.press the button of 'download now' at https://addons.mozilla.org/he/thunderbird/addon/2313
2.save the instalation file in 'my documents' file
3. run the file by double-click on it's icon
4. ask the system to search the web for match application to run it
5. try to run the application with the new format
Actual Results:  
the internet explorer is crashing

Expected Results:  
the application should be installed so the user can use it

the bug could be causd by the security definition of my work station

Comment 1

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Just follow the steps right above the download link on the page you mentioned <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313>:

How to Install in Thunderbird
1. Right-click the link below and choose "Save Link As..." to download and save the file to your hard disk.
2. In Mozilla Thunderbird, open Add-ons from the Tools menu.
3. Click the Install button, and locate/select the file you downloaded and click "OK".