742745 - The service is not uninstalled with the last build if the installation directory is deleted

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0

If Firefox is not installed in the default location and one of the installation directory is deleted, the Mozilla Maintenance service is not uninstalled with the last build that could use. From now on the service will not uninstall with the last build unless the uninstall is done manually. 

Reproducible: always

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install Firefox 12 in 2 different folders (C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\test1 and C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\test2).
2. Delete the installation folder test1.
3. Open the Control Panel.
4. Uninstall Firefox 12.

Expected results: 
The service is uninstalled with the last Firefox build.

Actual results:
The service is not uninstalled with the last Firefox build even if a new build is installed and uninstalled from the programs list.

Comment 1

[Siddhartha Dugar [:sdrocking]]

The maintenance service is installed as a separate software and has a separate folder under Program Files. This is done to let a single service be used for all Firefox installations.

If you want to remove it you need to explicitly uninstall it from the Programs and Features list within Control Panel or from the installation folder.

Comment 2

[u279076]

@sdrocking, does that make this bug RESOLVED INVALID?

Comment 3

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

The automatic service uninstall only works if you use the uninstallers from the installed products.  If you just delete the folder then it will break the automatic uninstall.

A manual service uninstall can be done from the control panel in that case.

I think this should be resolved | WONTFIX