Closed Bug 615141 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

unable to update firefox if run as standard user with no administrator rights

Categories

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Application Update
Version:
1.9.2 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 481815

People

(Reporter: oshygross, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 AlexaToolbar/alxf-2.0 Firefox/3.6.12 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 AlexaToolbar/alxf-2.0 Firefox/3.6.12 Trying to update Firefox using a limited user on xp, i was presented a major problem that it would not let me due to insufficient privileges. this should not be an issue since there is no installation process to update. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.click on help 2.check for update 3.download update Actual Results: would not install update Expected Results: should have updated
What error is displayed? On windows xp we don't try to update unless the user has write access to the installation directory. Have you changed permissions?
Component: Installer → Application Update
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
QA Contact: installer → application.update
Version: unspecified → 1.9.2 Branch
No response but fixing bug 481815 would fix this so duping
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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