64405 - helper applications list is always empty

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 50914

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, defect, P1)

Description

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

In recent builds ( as late as Jan 4, 2001 ) the external applications list in
preferences is empty.  I know that I've added things to it because it will
actually fire up acrobat reader properly for pdf files, etc.

Comment 1

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

Also see bug #64406.  They might be related.

Comment 2

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

worth investigating. 

Comment 3

[Viswanath Ramachandran]

nav triage: this is a P1. 

Comment 4

[Paul Chen]

nav triage team:

Marking nsbeta1+, mozilla0.8.

Hey, blizzard, what does your mimeTypes.rdf file look like (it's in your profile
direcrory)?

Comment 5

[Stephane Chauveau]

What I see is that ALL text fields and radio buttons are empty in the
preferences window (build 2001012509).

Comment 6

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

Attachment: rdf file

Comment 7

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

I've attached my rdf file.  It was in .mozilla/blizzard/en-US/mimeTypes.rdf
which I thought was a little odd.  By the way, I don't have any problems at
home.  I don't know what the difference is.

Comment 8

[shrirang khanzode]

I am sure this is bug 50914. Pls read the description in bug 50914. (especially  
[e-mail] 2000-10-11 16:30 ). Try using a new profile or copying  a 
new version of mimetypes.rdf(from defaults/profile folder) to your current 
profile and this should work. Thanks!

Comment 9

[Paul Chen]

Yeah, Shrirang is correct. This is the "old" format, which doesn't seem to be
liked by the helper apps prefs code. In fact, you might want to get a new
profile after the fix for bug 56226 gets into the tree. ;-)

Comment 10

[Paul Chen]

Marking as dup of 50914.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 50914 ***

Comment 11

[shrirang khanzode]

Verified duplicate.